Culture and Fertility

Culture and Fertility
Author: Suchart Prasithrathsin
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Total Pages: 86
Release: 1980
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9971902176

This paper, exploring the relationship between culture and fertility in Thailand, cites empirical evidence showing that each ethnic group's birth control practice is affected differently by different kinds of variables. For the Thais, birth control pactice is related to women's education and the number of live births. For the Chinese, place of residence, the level of household income and the number of children ever born are significantly related to the dependent variable. For the Moslems, none of these variables nor any of the other independent variables and covariates is significantly related to the practice of birth control. More research is needed in this area to find out what factors are most related to the adoption of birth control by the Muslims.

Contraceptive Use and Controlled Fertility

Contraceptive Use and Controlled Fertility
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1989-02-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309040965

These four papers supplement the book Contraception and Reproduction: Health Consequences for Women and Children in the Developing World by bringing together data and analyses that would otherwise be difficult to obtain in a single source. The topics addressed are an analysis of the relationship between maternal mortality and changing reproductive patterns; the risks and benefits of contraception; the effects of changing reproductive patterns on infant health; and the psychosocial consequences to women of controlled fertility and contraceptive use.

Ethnicity and Fertility in Southeast Asia

Ethnicity and Fertility in Southeast Asia
Author: Aline K. Wong
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1985
Genre: Ethnicity
ISBN: 997198802X

This is one of six titles resulting from the Ethnicity and Fertility in Southeast Asia Project that commenced in 1980. Building upon the results of an earlier study, which established that ethnicity was a significant factor underlying the fertility differentials among the various ethnic groups in Southeast Asia, the project aimed to explore in greater detail the extent to which ethnicity and ethnic factors such as ethnic attitudes, ethnic identification and cultural practices influenced reproductive behaviour. Instead of utilizing secondary sources, the project relied on primary data collected through the survey technique. In all, twenty ethnic groups from the five ASEAN countries were surveyed in this study which spanned a period of three years.