Fertility Decline in Southern Appalachia: An Anthropological Perspective

Hochstrasser, Donald L.; Arthur, Gerry; Lewis, Michael

doi:10.17730/humo.32.4.m356t5282112h039

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“…While many rural areas now report birth rates similar to national averages, much still remains to be known about the extent to which couples in these areas follow national patterns in their use of the more modem and effective means of birth control. 6 Newman and Klein7 point out that both older and more modem methods of birth control have not received adequate attention from social scientists and that unless sterilization receives more behavioral-social research attention, this method of fertility termination will continue to exhibit differential use without the understanding necessary for adequate planning, administration, and utilization.…”

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Modern contraceptive practice in rural Appalachia.

Gairola¹,

Hochstrasser²,

Garkovich³

1986

Am J Public Health

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This paper examines contraceptive practice in a traditionally high fertility and economically disadvantaged rural county of central Appalachia. A key consideration is the extent to which the modernization of birth control observed nationally has diffused to and been adopted within this rural area. Data from the community study indicate that professional family planning services are, in fact, widely available and easily accessible to the vast majority

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Modern contraceptive practice in rural Appalachia.

Gairola¹,

Hochstrasser²,

Garkovich³

1986

Am J Public Health

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“…Hochstrasser et al (1973) noted a fertility decline in Southern Appalachia during the last four decades, the most precipitous decline occurring in the 1960's and 1970's. Out-migration of certain age groups could only explain about 20 percent of this trend.…”

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