Aneela Sultana, Hafeez -ur- Rehman

Fertility Behaviour of Rural Women in Pakistan

(An Anthropological Perspective)

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Produktbeschreibung

Fertility Behaviour of Rural Women in Pakistan illustrates an anthropological perspective of all social and cultural factors which affect the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of rural women that underpin their fertility behaviour and eventually the process of fertility decline. The principal objective of the research was to explore the relationship between social norms, individual beliefs and fertility. The main argument, which emerged from this study, is that the large family has immense social and cultural significance for variety of reasons related to status, prestige, income and security. This study also highlighted this fact that women subjugated position does not really allow them to effectively participate in the decision making process with regards to fertility regulation because of the social constraints and culturally or traditionally defined norms. Thus, the fertility of a woman is not actually controlled by her; rather the social environment in which she lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783847348863
• ISBN-10: 3847348868
• Artikelnr.: 34822305

Autorenporträt

Aneela Sultana is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. She is doing her PhD in social anthropology from Quaid-i-Azam University & University of St. Andrews, Scotland. She has contributed various National & International articles in the areas of gender & health.