Power in families, communication, and fertility decision-making

Hollerbach, Paula E.

doi:10.1007/bf01254155

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“…In many developing African countries, men are often the primary decision-makers about sexual activity, fertility, and contraceptive use (12).which was similar with the finding of this study.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Gender Norms and Family Planning Decision-Making Among Married Men and Women, Rural Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study

Geleta¹,

Birhanu²,

Kaufman

et al. 2015

SJPH

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Family planning service contributes a lot in reduction of morbidity and mortality and it does more help couples to limit the number of their children. Women's ability to control her on fertility strongly affected by social constructs of Gender role, expectations and gender inequalities. Objective: To explore influence of gender norms on family planning decisionmaking among married men and women, rural Ethiopia, 2013. Methods: A qualitative study using grounded approach was employed. Data collection included in-depth interview with key informants and focus group discussion as conducted with both married women and married men. Interview was done using a semi-structured interview guide with open-ended questions. Axial coding was employed. Codes were aggregated and memos are developed. Result: Different gender norms in the community were obstacles for family planning utilization in the community. Those different gender norms directly or being by complement with each other acts as the barriers of FP utilizations. Decision making power of men/husbands on family planning (needs for his consent by women/wives), seeing children as social prestige due to cultural beliefs, low status of women in community, undermine knowledge of women, limiting responsibility of women/wives to home, dominance of men/husbands on households, etc. Conclusion: Due to men's dominance at the household level and other related factors, the role of women on family planning decision making was limited to merely accepting the decisions of their husbands. Furthermore due to men's power of decision making the final decision was made based on the men's interest.

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confidence: 91%

Gender Norms and Family Planning Decision-Making Among Married Men and Women, Rural Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study

Geleta¹,

Birhanu²,

Kaufman

et al. 2015

SJPH

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“…These cost-benefit variances then translate into gender differences in reproductive goals, which are, in turn, resolved by power differences between spouses (Beckman, 1983;Beckman & Aizenberg, 1983;Fapohunda & Todaro, 1988;Hollerbach, 1980Hollerbach, , 1983Safilios-Rothschild, 1970). These cost-benefit variances then translate into gender differences in reproductive goals, which are, in turn, resolved by power differences between spouses (Beckman, 1983;Beckman & Aizenberg, 1983;Fapohunda & Todaro, 1988;Hollerbach, 1980Hollerbach, , 1983Safilios-Rothschild, 1970).…”

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confidence: 99%

Marriage Type and Reproductive Decisions: A Comparative Study in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dodoo¹

1998

Journal of Marriage and the Family

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“…Communication with other members of the society might provide a sense of change, soften strongly held beliefs, and enable fertility behavior to be modified. Studies such as that of Hollerbach (1980) show that the way couples interact with kin, neighbors, peers, community leaders, health professionals, and state authorities has a bearing on their fertility behavior.…”

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Gender, Social Networks, and Contraceptive Use in Kenya

Musalia

2005

Sex Roles

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The social network approach has recently come to aid our understanding of the ongoing fertility transition in developing countries. This study adds to the growing literature in situating the role of geography and interaction with significant others-community and family members-in understanding Kenya's puzzling fertility transition. Findings indicate that, contrary to previous findings that kin networks are conservative and against innovative fertility behavior, the respondent families, especially in the more prosperous Central Province, are supportive of fertility innovation. Community wide networks are not as influential in directing fertility behavior as own family members are. Family members are the ones who bear the burden of raising children and, as such, are the ones on the forefront of encouraging behavior adjustment. Not all of the social networks significantly influenced use of contraception; however, interacting with healthcare and family-planning networks and friends and being advised to use contraception had a positive impact on using contraception in both regions.

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Power in families, communication, and fertility decision-making

Cited by 39 publications

References 28 publications

Gender Norms and Family Planning Decision-Making Among Married Men and Women, Rural Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study

Gender Norms and Family Planning Decision-Making Among Married Men and Women, Rural Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study

Marriage Type and Reproductive Decisions: A Comparative Study in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gender, Social Networks, and Contraceptive Use in Kenya

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