SOCIAL LEARNING, SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND FERTILITY CONTROL

社会学习、社会影响和生育控制

• 批准号: 2674017
• 负责人: MARK RANDOLPH MONTGOMERY
• 金额: $ 5.03万
• 依托单位: STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2674017
• 关键词: Africa; African; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; contraceptives; experience; family planning; family structure /dynamics; fertility; human subject; interpersonal relations; learning; longitudinal human study; mass information media; peer group; questionnaires; religion; social behavior; social change; social group process; socioeconomics

The social dynamics of diffusion can be a powerful force in determining the timing and pace of fertility change, yet their role is not recognized in most conventional theories of fertility transition. This project will expand the conventional approach to fertility by examining systematically the causal contribution of social interaction. The research will be guided by new theoretical and empirical models of diffusion, and specifically by the organizing concepts of social learning and social influence, which together comprise what the investigators term social effects. The hypotheses derived from these organizing concepts will be tested using micro-level longitudinal data to be collected in two settings in southern and northern Ghana. Ghana provides an excellent setting for this research because its fertility transition is just getting underway. Here it is possible, via prospective data collection, to observe the social dynamics underlying the process of adoption of modern contraception from the earliest stages of that process. Such research is no longer possible for most Western and Asian populations, as the necessary data were not collected at the time their transitions were getting underway. Here it is possible, via prospective data collection, to observe the social dynamics underlying the process of adoption of modern contraception from the earliest stages of that process. Such research is no longer possible for most Western and Asian populations, as the necessary data were not collected at the time their transitions were getting underway. The ability to derive lessons from Ghana's experience will be greatly enhanced by carrying out research in both southern and northern sites, because of the sharp contrast these two regions present in economic development, social and cultural systems, and stage of demographic transition. In the south, research will be fielded in the Western, Central and Greater Accra regions. In the north, the investigators will utilize the demographic surveillance system that has been established by the Navrongo Health Research Centre in rural kassena-Nankana district and will exploit the large-scale family planning experiment that went into the field in early 1996. Specific objectives include: (1) To test the impact on the adoption of modern contraception of social learning and social influence, including effects on the demand for children and contraceptive costs; (II) To examine how social structure (especially kinship systems), the nature of gender relations, political, economic, and religious organizations, and the accessibility and quality of services; (III) To explore how program efforts and the mass media complement the effects of social learning and social influences; and (IV) To refine methodologies for assessing social effects on the adoption of modern contraception.

扩散的社会动力可以成为决定 生育率变化的时间和速度，但其作用没有得到承认 在大多数传统的生育率转变理论中。 该项目将 通过系统地检查， 社会互动的因果作用。 这项研究将 以新的扩散理论和经验模型为指导， 特别是通过社会学习和社会的组织概念， 影响力，这些共同构成了研究人员所说的社会影响力。 方面的影响. 从这些组织概念中得出的假设将使用 将在南部两个地区收集微观一级的纵向数据 和加纳北方。 加纳为这项研究提供了一个极好的环境 因为它的生育能力转变才刚刚开始。 在这里 通过前瞻性数据收集，可以观察社会动态 现代避孕方法的采用过程， 这个过程的最早阶段。 这样的研究已经不可能了， 大多数西方和亚洲人群，因为没有必要的数据， 在他们的过渡期开始时收集的。 在这里 通过前瞻性数据收集，可以观察社会动态 现代避孕方法的采用过程， 这个过程的最早阶段。 这样的研究已经不可能了， 大多数西方和亚洲人群，因为没有必要的数据， 在他们的过渡期开始时收集的。 的 从加纳的经验中吸取教训的能力将大大提高 通过在南部和北方场地进行研究， 这两个地区在经济发展方面存在的鲜明对比， 社会和文化制度以及人口过渡阶段。 在 在南部，研究将在西部、中部和大阿克拉进行 地区 在北部，调查人员将利用人口统计学 Navrongo Health建立的监测系统 研究中心设在农村kassena-Nankana区，并将利用 早在1970年就开始的大规模计划生育试验 1996. 具体目标包括：（1）测试对采用 现代避孕的社会学习和社会影响，包括 对儿童需求和避孕费用的影响;（二） 研究社会结构（特别是亲属制度）， 性别关系、政治、经济和宗教组织，以及 服务的可及性和质量;（三）探讨如何计划 努力和大众媒体补充了社会学习的效果， 社会影响;以及（IV）完善评估社会影响的方法 对采用现代避孕方法的影响。