Lois Paul
Biographic Data
| ID | 3621971 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lois Paul |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lois |
| FAMILY NAME | Paul |
| SIGNATURE | PAUL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The potential impact of improvements in contraception on fertility and abortion in western countries
Variations in Natural Fertility: The Effect of Lactation and Other Determinants
The analysis focuses on average waiting times to a fertile conception, as derived from non-contraceptive exposure in second and higher-order birth intervals. Life-table estimates are derived from exposure in the two-year periods preceding the survey, for 20 surveys in Africa, Asia and Latin America undertaken as part of the WFS programme. Differences in the waiting time to conception are examined as a function of the duration of lactation and pos…
Estimation of Fecundability from Survey Data
The estimation of fecundability from survey data is plagued by methodological problems such as misreporting of dates of birth and marriage and the occurrence of premarital exposure to the risk of conception. Nevertheless, estimates of fecundability from World Fertility Survey data for women married in recent years appear to be plausible for most of the surveys analyzed here and are quite consistent with estimates reported in earlier studies. The …
Contraceptive Efficacy: The Significance of Method and Motivation
The relationship between contraceptive failure and selected characteristics of users is examined using data collected in the 1970 and 1975 rounds of the National Fertility Study. Intention regarding future childbearing and choice of contraceptive method are found to be the most important considerations. Within categories of intention, choice of method appears to have an important influence on differentials by age and other characteristics. The lo…
Careers of Midwives in a Mayan Community
Recruitment to a Ritual Role: The Midwife in a Maya Community
In the Zutuhil-Maya community of San Pedro la Laguna, a Guatemalan highland settlement with a population of 5000 Indians, midwives are recruited from the pool of married women in the 35-40 year age range who have heavy responsibilities as wives and mothers. They are relatively few in number and carry heavier patient loads than midwives in other communities. Their office is owed to divine mandate, and their work is guided by supernatural tutelarie…
The Maya midwife as sacred specialist: A Guatemalan case
Midwives in San Pedro la Laguna, like shamans, are ritual specialists who enjoy high status, despite the subordinate position of women as a class. To account for the midwives' elevated status, a five-point explanation is offered: (1) the role is highly professionalized, (2) requiring that incumbents be drawn from the pool of married women in their prime, (3) who must overcome their own and their husbands' resistance; (4) this barrier is surmounte…
Changing Marriage Patterns in a Highland Guatemalan Community
The Maya midwife as sacred specialist: A Guatemalan case
Midwives in San Pedro la Laguna, like shamans, are ritual specialists who enjoy high status, despite the subordinate position of women as a class. To account for the midwives' elevated status, a five-point explanation is offered: (1) the role is highly professionalized, (2) requiring that incumbents be drawn from the pool of married women in their prime, (3) who must overcome their own and their husbands' resistance; (4) this barrier is surmounte…
Recruitment to a Ritual Role: The Midwife in a Maya Community
In the Zutuhil-Maya community of San Pedro la Laguna, a Guatemalan highland settlement with a population of 5000 Indians, midwives are recruited from the pool of married women in the 35-40 year age range who have heavy responsibilities as wives and mothers. They are relatively few in number and carry heavier patient loads than midwives in other communities. Their office is owed to divine mandate, and their work is guided by supernatural tutelarie…
Variations in Natural Fertility: The Effect of Lactation and Other Determinants
The analysis focuses on average waiting times to a fertile conception, as derived from non-contraceptive exposure in second and higher-order birth intervals. Life-table estimates are derived from exposure in the two-year periods preceding the survey, for 20 surveys in Africa, Asia and Latin America undertaken as part of the WFS programme. Differences in the waiting time to conception are examined as a function of the duration of lactation and pos…
Contraceptive Efficacy: The Significance of Method and Motivation
The relationship between contraceptive failure and selected characteristics of users is examined using data collected in the 1970 and 1975 rounds of the National Fertility Study. Intention regarding future childbearing and choice of contraceptive method are found to be the most important considerations. Within categories of intention, choice of method appears to have an important influence on differentials by age and other characteristics. The lo…
Estimation of Fecundability from Survey Data
The estimation of fecundability from survey data is plagued by methodological problems such as misreporting of dates of birth and marriage and the occurrence of premarital exposure to the risk of conception. Nevertheless, estimates of fecundability from World Fertility Survey data for women married in recent years appear to be plausible for most of the surveys analyzed here and are quite consistent with estimates reported in earlier studies. The …
The potential impact of improvements in contraception on fertility and abortion in western countries
Changing Marriage Patterns in a Highland Guatemalan Community
Changing Marriage Patterns in a Highland Guatemalan Community
Recruitment to a Ritual Role: The Midwife in a Maya Community
In the Zutuhil-Maya community of San Pedro la Laguna, a Guatemalan highland settlement with a population of 5000 Indians, midwives are recruited from the pool of married women in the 35-40 year age range who have heavy responsibilities as wives and mothers. They are relatively few in number and carry heavier patient loads than midwives in other communities. Their office is owed to divine mandate, and their work is guided by supernatural tutelarie…
The Maya midwife as sacred specialist: A Guatemalan case
Midwives in San Pedro la Laguna, like shamans, are ritual specialists who enjoy high status, despite the subordinate position of women as a class. To account for the midwives' elevated status, a five-point explanation is offered: (1) the role is highly professionalized, (2) requiring that incumbents be drawn from the pool of married women in their prime, (3) who must overcome their own and their husbands' resistance; (4) this barrier is surmounte…
Careers of Midwives in a Mayan Community
Contraceptive Efficacy: The Significance of Method and Motivation
The relationship between contraceptive failure and selected characteristics of users is examined using data collected in the 1970 and 1975 rounds of the National Fertility Study. Intention regarding future childbearing and choice of contraceptive method are found to be the most important considerations. Within categories of intention, choice of method appears to have an important influence on differentials by age and other characteristics. The lo…
Estimation of Fecundability from Survey Data
The estimation of fecundability from survey data is plagued by methodological problems such as misreporting of dates of birth and marriage and the occurrence of premarital exposure to the risk of conception. Nevertheless, estimates of fecundability from World Fertility Survey data for women married in recent years appear to be plausible for most of the surveys analyzed here and are quite consistent with estimates reported in earlier studies. The …
The potential impact of improvements in contraception on fertility and abortion in western countries
Variations in Natural Fertility: The Effect of Lactation and Other Determinants
The analysis focuses on average waiting times to a fertile conception, as derived from non-contraceptive exposure in second and higher-order birth intervals. Life-table estimates are derived from exposure in the two-year periods preceding the survey, for 20 surveys in Africa, Asia and Latin America undertaken as part of the WFS programme. Differences in the waiting time to conception are examined as a function of the duration of lactation and pos…
Sociology (7 works) · Demography (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Family planning (4 works) · Fertility (4 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (4 works) · History (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Research methodology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works)