A qualitative study was conducted in Agincourt, a rural area of South Africa, to document the perceptions and attitudes towards premarital fertility and late marriage among young adults of both sexes. Two focus groups and 35 individual interviews were conducted among 17-30 year olds, randomly selected. Most interviewees perceived premarital fertility as undesirable, and a new phenomenon in a context of major social changes, in particular loss of authority of parents and increasing freedom of the youth. In contrast, late marriage was perceived as positive, by both sexes, primarily for economic reasons. Much stigma was associated with premarital fertility, from friends, institutions and families who occasionally apply mild or severe sanctions...
This short article documents the restriction of births in a rural protestant society which is virtua...
Au Sénégal, mariage et procréation demeurent fortement associés dans les représentations sociales. ...
International audienceObjectivesTo study the social dimension of age-related female infertility thro...
A qualitative study was conducted in Agincourt, a rural area of South Africa, to document the percep...
Zwang and Michel Garenne A qualitative study was conducted in Agincourt, a rural area of South Afric...
The paper investigates the complex relationships between premarital fertility and HIV/AIDS in sub-Sa...
Premarital fertility is defined as fertility before first marriage. In South Africa, in 1998, accord...
Premarital fertility is defined as fertility before first marriage. In South Africa, in 1998, accord...
A cross-sectional, descriptive study with internal comparison was conducted among 1376 women of repr...
The background of the study is the very high prevalence of mortality and morbidity in Sub-Saharan co...
International audienceIn Madagascar, abortion is the second leading cause of maternal mortality amon...
This study analyses in-depth interviews with 15 women and 11 men living in a rural Malawian village ...
This study explored the impact of infertility on infertile men and women in Ibadan, Nigeria. The qua...
This research is set within the framework of a recent decline in desired and actual fertility in Fra...
SUMMARY. The Department of Social Psychology at INED regularly conducts surveys on y knowledge, atti...
This short article documents the restriction of births in a rural protestant society which is virtua...
Au Sénégal, mariage et procréation demeurent fortement associés dans les représentations sociales. ...
International audienceObjectivesTo study the social dimension of age-related female infertility thro...
A qualitative study was conducted in Agincourt, a rural area of South Africa, to document the percep...
Zwang and Michel Garenne A qualitative study was conducted in Agincourt, a rural area of South Afric...
The paper investigates the complex relationships between premarital fertility and HIV/AIDS in sub-Sa...
Premarital fertility is defined as fertility before first marriage. In South Africa, in 1998, accord...
Premarital fertility is defined as fertility before first marriage. In South Africa, in 1998, accord...
A cross-sectional, descriptive study with internal comparison was conducted among 1376 women of repr...
The background of the study is the very high prevalence of mortality and morbidity in Sub-Saharan co...
International audienceIn Madagascar, abortion is the second leading cause of maternal mortality amon...
This study analyses in-depth interviews with 15 women and 11 men living in a rural Malawian village ...
This study explored the impact of infertility on infertile men and women in Ibadan, Nigeria. The qua...
This research is set within the framework of a recent decline in desired and actual fertility in Fra...
SUMMARY. The Department of Social Psychology at INED regularly conducts surveys on y knowledge, atti...
This short article documents the restriction of births in a rural protestant society which is virtua...
Au Sénégal, mariage et procréation demeurent fortement associés dans les représentations sociales. ...
International audienceObjectivesTo study the social dimension of age-related female infertility thro...