Dissertation Research: The Socio-ecological Context of Reproduction for a Population of AmericanIndian Women

这项研究的目的是增进我们对妇女早年生育的条件、妇女推迟生育的条件以及可能增强或抑制妇女获得教育和就业机会的条件的了解。数据将从美国印第安人人口中收集，并将为现有的关于人类行为和生殖的知识提供重要的补充。有三个具体的研究目标：1)确定促进研究人群生育的社会、经济和健康因素；2)构建妇女生活史的数据集，并建立生育时机、教育和就业机会的可获得性以及成功育儿所需的生理、社会和经济资源之间的关系模型；以及3)检验关于妇女一生中生育时机的假设。这项研究探讨了贫穷妇女生育的一种选择，它协调家庭网络支持的有限但早期生育，以及后来获得的教育和就业机会。

The goal of this research is to enhance our understanding of the conditions under which women have children at an early age, the conditions under which women delay having children, and conditions that may enhance or inhibit a woman's ability to access opportunities for education and employment. Data will be gathered from an American Indian population and will provide important additions to existing knowledge about human behavior and reproduction. There are three specific research objectives: 1) to identify the social, economic, and health factors that facilitate reproduction for the study population; 2) to construct a data set of women's life histories and develop a model of the relationship between the timing of reproduction, the availability of education and employment opportunities, and the availability of physiological, social, and economic resources necessary for successful childrearing; and 3) test hypotheses about the timing of reproduction over a woman's life course. This research explores an option for reproduction among poor women which coordinates limited but early reproduction supported by family networks and later acquisition of education and employment opportunities.