Alfred O Ukaegbu
Biographic Data
| ID | 105257 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfred O Ukaegbu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfred |
| FAMILY NAME | O Ukaegbu |
| SIGNATURE | UKAEGBU A O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Family size preferences of spouses in rural Eastern Nigeria
Fertility of Women in Polygynous Unions in Rural Eastern Nigeria
Findings based on a retrospective fertility survey of 531 women in polygynous marriages and 1141 women in monogamous unions conducted in 16 traditional Ngwa Ibo villages in eastern Nigeria supported the contention that polygyny reduces fertility; for polygynous wives both the age specific fertility rates and the mean parity for all age categories was lower than for monogamous wives. Since the mean parity for women aged 45-49 was 6 for polygynous …
Family Planning Attitudes and Practices in Rural Eastern Nigeria
A survey was conducted in August 1974 in 16 Ngwa Igbo villages in the East Central State of Nigeria to determine the attitudes and practices of currently married women with regard to fertility and contraception. The results revealed that 50-60 percent of wives had ever used traditional contraceptives (abstinence, prolonged lactation, and rhythm), although data suggest that some of these methods may have been used for purposes other than contracep…
Socio-Cultural Determination of Fertility: A Case Study of Rural Eastern Nigeria
The debate concerning the relative effect upon human fertility of sociocultural factors is continued by investigation of the case of Eastern Nigeria. The basis of analysis in the mean number of children over born to a sample of wives during a single, demographic inquiry in 1974.; A step-wise multiple regression analysis and cross-tabulations are used to display the relative effect of selected variables upon ferti I ity. The results show that of a…
The Role of Traditional Marriage Habits in Population Growth: The Case of Rural Eastern Nigeria
IntroductionThe demographic transition which occurred in the West before 1900 has been attributed to the practice of delayed marriage and a significant degree of celibacy (Hajnal, 1953; 1965). In Eastern Europe where this transition occurred much later, the nuptiality patterns have been associated with historical differences in control over the nuclear family by the extended family unit (Sklar, 1974). Sklar has noted that in the late marrying Cze…
The Role of Traditional Marriage Habits in Population Growth: The Case of Rural Eastern Nigeria
IntroductionThe demographic transition which occurred in the West before 1900 has been attributed to the practice of delayed marriage and a significant degree of celibacy (Hajnal, 1953; 1965). In Eastern Europe where this transition occurred much later, the nuptiality patterns have been associated with historical differences in control over the nuclear family by the extended family unit (Sklar, 1974). Sklar has noted that in the late marrying Cze…
Family Planning Attitudes and Practices in Rural Eastern Nigeria
A survey was conducted in August 1974 in 16 Ngwa Igbo villages in the East Central State of Nigeria to determine the attitudes and practices of currently married women with regard to fertility and contraception. The results revealed that 50-60 percent of wives had ever used traditional contraceptives (abstinence, prolonged lactation, and rhythm), although data suggest that some of these methods may have been used for purposes other than contracep…
The Role of Traditional Marriage Habits in Population Growth: The Case of Rural Eastern Nigeria
IntroductionThe demographic transition which occurred in the West before 1900 has been attributed to the practice of delayed marriage and a significant degree of celibacy (Hajnal, 1953; 1965). In Eastern Europe where this transition occurred much later, the nuptiality patterns have been associated with historical differences in control over the nuclear family by the extended family unit (Sklar, 1974). Sklar has noted that in the late marrying Cze…
Fertility of Women in Polygynous Unions in Rural Eastern Nigeria
Findings based on a retrospective fertility survey of 531 women in polygynous marriages and 1141 women in monogamous unions conducted in 16 traditional Ngwa Ibo villages in eastern Nigeria supported the contention that polygyny reduces fertility; for polygynous wives both the age specific fertility rates and the mean parity for all age categories was lower than for monogamous wives. Since the mean parity for women aged 45-49 was 6 for polygynous …
Family Planning Attitudes and Practices in Rural Eastern Nigeria
A survey was conducted in August 1974 in 16 Ngwa Igbo villages in the East Central State of Nigeria to determine the attitudes and practices of currently married women with regard to fertility and contraception. The results revealed that 50-60 percent of wives had ever used traditional contraceptives (abstinence, prolonged lactation, and rhythm), although data suggest that some of these methods may have been used for purposes other than contracep…
Socio-Cultural Determination of Fertility: A Case Study of Rural Eastern Nigeria
The debate concerning the relative effect upon human fertility of sociocultural factors is continued by investigation of the case of Eastern Nigeria. The basis of analysis in the mean number of children over born to a sample of wives during a single, demographic inquiry in 1974.; A step-wise multiple regression analysis and cross-tabulations are used to display the relative effect of selected variables upon ferti I ity. The results show that of a…
Family size preferences of spouses in rural Eastern Nigeria
Demography (5 works) · Fertility (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Socioeconomics (4 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (2 works) · Demography (2 works)