Male Attitudes to Family Planning in the Era of HIV/Aids

Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4822121
AutoresPranitha Maharaj (0000-0003-3518-8237, autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen27
Número2
Páginas245-257
Fecha de publicación2001-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03057070120049958
OpenAlexW2024508070
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas18

Men have an instrumental role to play in reproductive decision-making and their attitudes may have a significant impact on fertility decisions and family planning. This article presents findings from a qualitative study of male attitudes towards family planning in the province of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. The study found that there is strong male approval of family planning as a method of fertility regulation. However, with reference to condoms as a specific method of contraception, although men's knowledge of condoms is relatively good, they are not a popular method of family planning and there is much male resistance to their use. An important reason is that condoms are associated with illicit sex and promiscuity. They are thus unlikely to be used in stable, ongoing relationships. These negative attitudes are major obstacles to the development of condom use as a means of protecting against the spread of HIV

Condom · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Family planning · Fertility · Natural family planning · Population · Promiscuity · Qualitative research · Research methodology · Social science · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology