Differential Fertility and Socioeconomic Status of Shirazi Women: A Pilot Study

Paydarfar, Ali A.; Sarram, M.

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“…Although information was available, father's occupation was not used as a predictor because of the lack of clear criteria for classification according to comparative prestige or income level in the Iranian society. Also, previous research has shown that father's education is a reliable indicator of the overall cultural milieu and family SES in wban school populations similar to the one under study here (Mehryar et al 1987;Mehryar and Tashallori 1984;Tashallori and Mehryar 1981;Tashakkori et al 1987) as well as in the general population (cf., Aghajanian 1984;Paydarfar and Sarram 1970). For these reasons, father's occupation was not used as a predictor variable along with his education.…”

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ADOLESCENTs' ATTRIBUTIONS OF PARENTAL POWER: A RE‐EXAMINATION OF THE ‘THEORY OF RESOURCES IN CULTURAL CONTEXT’*

1989

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Using a multidimensional parental power framework, power bases derived from adolescent descriptions of parent-child interactions and family decision making were regressed on a multidimensional power construct and showed differential importance of predictor variables. Rodman's (1972) modified 'theory of resources in cultural context' is supported. Father's education alone does not lead to loss of paternal power; paternal power retention or loss must be considered in relation to such variables as maternal age and education and paternal age, and within relevant power categories. Mother's education affects her power bases; she increasingly shares culturally prescribed maternal and paternal power as her education increases. Her decreases in traditionally prescribed maternal power are not offset by an equivalent increase in traditionally prescribed paternal power; she may actually lose power with increased education. Relative education of husband and wife explains power differentials across power bases more clearly than does education of either spouse.

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ADOLESCENTs' ATTRIBUTIONS OF PARENTAL POWER: A RE‐EXAMINATION OF THE ‘THEORY OF RESOURCES IN CULTURAL CONTEXT’*

1989

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“…While the fertility of Iranian women has recently attracted the attention of several researchers (Aghajanian, 1979;Aghajanian, Tashakkori & Mehryar, unpublished;Ajami, 1976;Mehryar, Tolnay & Jamshidi, 1977;Paydarfar, 1975;Paydarfar & Sarram, 1970), there are few studies of the motives for the reproductive behaviour of Iranians. This paper enquires whether the value of children as perceived by parents in terms of their economic costs and benefits (Arnold et al, 1975;Caldwell, 1977;Hoffman & Hoffman, 1973;Mueller, 1972;Ware, 1978) is a contributory factor in fertility behaviour in Iran.…”

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An analysis of reproductive motivation in Shiraz, Iran

1980

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SummaryIn a sample of 260 married men in Shiraz, the relationship is studied of fertility to demographic, socioeconomic and psychosocial variables, the last measuring the perceived economic value of children. The number of children ever born is closely associated with duration of marriage, but socioeconomic variables also exert a significant influence, especially the wife's educational level. Recent fertility is more closely associated with age of wife, but also with ownership of modern goods which is also the major factor in current contraceptive use. The perceived value of children appears unimportant, negligible in recent fertility and contraceptive use, and only showing a slight positive relationship between expected reliance on children for support in old age and the number of children ever born.

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“…There is a wealth of material which focuses incidentally on women, in the same way that studies of education, for instance, focus incidentally on children, or studies of Middle Eastern politics focus incidentally on men-they cannot be avoided. These include family planning and population studies (el-Badry, 1956;Bchir, 1969;Gadalla, F., 1970;Gadalla, S., 1970;Gulick, 1973Gulick, , 1975Hanna, 1970;Kisnisci, 1974;Magnarella, 1974;Moore, 1974;Nazer, 1972Nazer, , 1974Paydarfar, 1970;Rizk, 1959Rizk, , 1963Schultze, 1970;Seklani, 1969Seklani, , 1970Shanawany, 1967;Von Allman-Joray, 1971;Yaukey, 1961Yaukey, , 1963; village and community studies (Barclay, 1966;Fuller, 1961;Peristany, 1966;Sweet, 1960Sweet, , 1967Sweet, , 1968Sweet, , 1970bSimmons, 1974); and studies of family patterns (Arasteh, 1961;Bouhdiba, 1967;Camilleri, 1967;Daghestani, 1932;Farsoun, 1970Farsoun, , 1971Goode, 1963;Haddad, 1971;Harfouche, 1968;Lahlou, 1970;Magnarella, 1971;Nahas, 1954Nahas, , 1956…”

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The Study of Women in the Middle East: Some Thoughts

Dusen

1976

Middle East Stud. Assoc. Bull.

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From time to time in recent years, the complaint has been voiced that “women’s studies” have gone far enough: panels on women at professional meetings are de rigeur. though the subject matter is becoming somewhat tedious; articles and books on women are proliferating, though they seem to be increasingly repetitive; and furthermore, it is argued, there is nothing intrinsically interesting or problematic about women per se. As for investigators whose interest focus on women in the Middle East, they have been called opportunistic, capitalizing on the feminist movement in the United States, and have been accused of imposing feminist concerns and sensibilities on Middle Eastern societies.

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Differential Fertility and Socioeconomic Status of Shirazi Women: A Pilot Study

Cited by 5 publications

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ADOLESCENTs' ATTRIBUTIONS OF PARENTAL POWER: A RE‐EXAMINATION OF THE ‘THEORY OF RESOURCES IN CULTURAL CONTEXT’*

ADOLESCENTs' ATTRIBUTIONS OF PARENTAL POWER: A RE‐EXAMINATION OF THE ‘THEORY OF RESOURCES IN CULTURAL CONTEXT’*

An analysis of reproductive motivation in Shiraz, Iran

The Study of Women in the Middle East: Some Thoughts

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