東華大學圖書館 |

語系: 繁體中文

說明(常見問題)

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

登入

回首頁

切換: 標籤 | MARC模式 | ISBD

Effects of demographic variables and...

Poukouta, Prosper Victor.

FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

Effects of demographic variables and socioeconomic organization on fertility among the Herero of Ngamiland, Botswana.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Effects of demographic variables and socioeconomic organization on fertility among the Herero of Ngamiland, Botswana./
作者:	Poukouta, Prosper Victor.
面頁冊數:	154 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-02, Section: A, page: 0712.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International56-02A.
標題:	Anthropology, Cultural. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9518842

Effects of demographic variables and socioeconomic organization on fertility among the Herero of Ngamiland, Botswana.
Poukouta, Prosper Victor.

Effects of demographic variables and socioeconomic organization on fertility among the Herero of Ngamiland, Botswana. - 154 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-02, Section: A, page: 0712.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Pennsylvania State University, 1994.

The effects of demographic variables and socioeconomic organization on fertility were studied among the Herero, a Bantu-speaking group living in the district of Ngamiland, northwestern Botswana. The study is based on 391 individual questionnaires on women's birth histories and four focus group interviews, carried out between March and August 1993, in 16 villages.Subjects--Topical Terms:

735016
Anthropology, Cultural.

Effects of demographic variables and socioeconomic organization on fertility among the Herero of Ngamiland, Botswana.
LDR:03422nam 2200289 4500 001 1391957
005 20110208131623.5
008 130515s1994 ||||||||||||||||| ||eng d
035 $a (UMI)AAI9518842
035 $a AAI9518842
040 $a UMI $c UMI
100 1 $a Poukouta, Prosper Victor. $3 1670420
245 1 0 $a Effects of demographic variables and socioeconomic organization on fertility among the Herero of Ngamiland, Botswana.
300 $a 154 p.
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-02, Section: A, page: 0712.
500 $a Adviser: Henry C. Harpending.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Pennsylvania State University, 1994.
520 $a The effects of demographic variables and socioeconomic organization on fertility were studied among the Herero, a Bantu-speaking group living in the district of Ngamiland, northwestern Botswana. The study is based on 391 individual questionnaires on women's birth histories and four focus group interviews, carried out between March and August 1993, in 16 villages.
520 $a The results suggest that the fertility of the late 1980s and early 1990s is increasing, or stagnating at high levels, rather than decreasing. Total fertility rates (TFRs) rose from 4.5 in the mid-1970s to 6.9 in 1992. Family organization and the Herero economic and social structure may explain in part their high fertility. Despite the pressure of limited economic resources, most African societies achieve high fertility by spreading the cost of raising children over the extended kinship. Although the practice of fostering is widespread among the Herero, the results do not suggest that Herero parents foster their children because they cannot afford them. It was found from focus group interviews that child circulation among kin members is socially rewarding and reinforces lineage ties. Looking at the residential distance between a child and his mother, and transitions across households, survival analysis shows no effect on fertility when a child is fostered within the same or to the next village. On the contrary, mothers whose previous child lived two or more villages away experienced shorter intervals to their next birth.
520 $a The results also suggest that women from wealthier households tend to have higher fertility, partly because of the nature of Herero economy, which is based on farming and cattle keeping, and involves extensive labor. Headship shows no direct effect on fertility. However, the older the woman gets, the less likely she is to foster out, no matter how wealthy or poor she is. This suggests that with age, a woman reaches social stability and establishes a strong network of childrearers within the homestead. As for breastfeeding, women who breastfeed longer experience longer birth intervals, which suggests that in non-contraceptive societies, lactational amenorrhea remains an important fertility regulator. Finally, no direct relationship was found between fertility and marriage. In most of sub-Saharan Africa, marriage is a process which involves several stages in a couple's life course and does not necessarily mark the beginning of sexual life and childbearing.
590 $a School code: 0176.
650 4 $a Anthropology, Cultural. $3 735016
650 4 $a Sociology, Demography. $3 1020257
690 $a 0326
690 $a 0938
710 2 $a The Pennsylvania State University. $3 699896
773 0 $t Dissertation Abstracts International $g 56-02A.
790 1 0 $a Harpending, Henry C., $e advisor
790 $a 0176
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 1994
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9518842