Thomas Poffenberger
Biographic Data
| ID | 93718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Poffenberger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Poffenberger |
| SIGNATURE | POFFENBERGER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | East–West Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1950 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
CSSH Notes
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Fertility and Family Life in an Indian Village
The first author was a viting professor in the Department of Child Develoment, University of Baroda, Gujarat State, India. A long term study was undertaken of a sample of 66 families from four major casts. Including the author and his wife and six staff members interviewed and observed these families from 1963 to 1967. Followup interview were conducted for several year after. In the first year of the study, the findings indiated that a desired fa…
The Socialization of Family Size Values: Youth and Family Planning in an Indian Village
An Experimental Population Education Program in Rural India
A proposed population education program for rural India is presented. The program has the dual goals of 1) determining how population learning takes place the extent and adequacy of the knowledge and how this knowledge affects fertility attitudes; and 2) using this information in planning population learning programs for in-school and out-of-school youth. Life planning education must deal realistically with the problems faced by parents of youth …
Population Learning and Out-of-School Youth in India
Schools may play an important role in population education; however in many developing nations only a minority of the youth attend school and the problem of reaching the unattending majority remains. This is a major problem particularly in rural areas. In India for example in 1965-66 it was estimated that less than 7% of the girls aged 14-17 years were enrolled in school. It is these girls that will have to be reached in a population education pr…
Husband-Wife Communication and Motivational Aspects of Population Control in an Indian Village
Motivational aspects of resistance to family planning in an Indian village
Education about the role and availability of contraception does not insure the adoption of the methods by the public. Fear of tubectomy and vasectomy as well as the known difficulties with IUDs are responsible in part. In rural India many families do not begin to adopt family planning until their families are the desired size. Which usually includes 2 living sons. A study of families in a village in Gujarat State from 1963-1967 indicated one of t…
The Marital and Sexual Adjustment of 330 Couples Who Chose Vasectomy as a Form of Birth Control
Judson T. Landis, Thomas Poffenberger, The Marital and Sexual Adjustment of 330 Couples Who Chose Vasectomy as a Form of Birth Control, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Feb., 1965), pp. 57-58
Vasectomy as a Preferred Method of Birth Control: A Preliminary Investigation
In order to investigate both satisfaction and dissatisfaction with vasectomy as well as factors motivating persons to seek a vasectomy, a trial questionnaire and preliminary interviews were conducted. 29 men filled out the trial questionnaire. 19 had undergone the operation during the previous 6 weeks, while 9 had had it 3 or more years earlier. Discomfort during the operation was reported by 5 as "strong", by 5 as "moderate," and by 11 as "sligh…
Two Thousand Voluntary Vasectomies Performed in California: Background Factors and Comments
Opposing points of view which have a bearing on individual action relative to voluntary male sterilization are discussed, and data from the files of a California surgeon which provide some indication of interest in voluntary vasectomy in a limited area of the state are presented. The medical associations tend to place emphasis on the legal aspects of such surgery while the Human Betterment Association of America (HBAA) is more concerned with the …
The Control of Adolescent Premarital Coitus
Individual Choice in Adolescent Premarital Sex Behavior
Reply to Mowrer and Poffenberger
Responses of Eighth Grade Girls to a Talk on Sex
Family Life Education in This Scientific Age
A Technique for Evaluating Family Life and Mental Health Films
Parents, Children and the Sex Molester
My Son's Story
Intent Toward Conception and the Pregnancy Experience
The Effects of First Pregnancy Upon the Sexual Adjustment of 212 Couples
Motivational aspects of resistance to family planning in an Indian village
Education about the role and availability of contraception does not insure the adoption of the methods by the public. Fear of tubectomy and vasectomy as well as the known difficulties with IUDs are responsible in part. In rural India many families do not begin to adopt family planning until their families are the desired size. Which usually includes 2 living sons. A study of families in a village in Gujarat State from 1963-1967 indicated one of t…
The Marital and Sexual Adjustment of 330 Couples Who Chose Vasectomy as a Form of Birth Control
Judson T. Landis, Thomas Poffenberger, The Marital and Sexual Adjustment of 330 Couples Who Chose Vasectomy as a Form of Birth Control, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Feb., 1965), pp. 57-58
The Effects of First Pregnancy Upon the Sexual Adjustment of 212 Couples
Intent Toward Conception and the Pregnancy Experience
The Effects of First Pregnancy Upon the Sexual Adjustment of 212 Couples
My Son's Story
Intent Toward Conception and the Pregnancy Experience
Parents, Children and the Sex Molester
A Technique for Evaluating Family Life and Mental Health Films
Family Life Education in This Scientific Age
Individual Choice in Adolescent Premarital Sex Behavior
Reply to Mowrer and Poffenberger
Responses of Eighth Grade Girls to a Talk on Sex
The Control of Adolescent Premarital Coitus
Vasectomy as a Preferred Method of Birth Control: A Preliminary Investigation
In order to investigate both satisfaction and dissatisfaction with vasectomy as well as factors motivating persons to seek a vasectomy, a trial questionnaire and preliminary interviews were conducted. 29 men filled out the trial questionnaire. 19 had undergone the operation during the previous 6 weeks, while 9 had had it 3 or more years earlier. Discomfort during the operation was reported by 5 as "strong", by 5 as "moderate," and by 11 as "sligh…
Two Thousand Voluntary Vasectomies Performed in California: Background Factors and Comments
Opposing points of view which have a bearing on individual action relative to voluntary male sterilization are discussed, and data from the files of a California surgeon which provide some indication of interest in voluntary vasectomy in a limited area of the state are presented. The medical associations tend to place emphasis on the legal aspects of such surgery while the Human Betterment Association of America (HBAA) is more concerned with the …
The Marital and Sexual Adjustment of 330 Couples Who Chose Vasectomy as a Form of Birth Control
Judson T. Landis, Thomas Poffenberger, The Marital and Sexual Adjustment of 330 Couples Who Chose Vasectomy as a Form of Birth Control, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Feb., 1965), pp. 57-58
Motivational aspects of resistance to family planning in an Indian village
Education about the role and availability of contraception does not insure the adoption of the methods by the public. Fear of tubectomy and vasectomy as well as the known difficulties with IUDs are responsible in part. In rural India many families do not begin to adopt family planning until their families are the desired size. Which usually includes 2 living sons. A study of families in a village in Gujarat State from 1963-1967 indicated one of t…
An Experimental Population Education Program in Rural India
A proposed population education program for rural India is presented. The program has the dual goals of 1) determining how population learning takes place the extent and adequacy of the knowledge and how this knowledge affects fertility attitudes; and 2) using this information in planning population learning programs for in-school and out-of-school youth. Life planning education must deal realistically with the problems faced by parents of youth …
Population Learning and Out-of-School Youth in India
Schools may play an important role in population education; however in many developing nations only a minority of the youth attend school and the problem of reaching the unattending majority remains. This is a major problem particularly in rural areas. In India for example in 1965-66 it was estimated that less than 7% of the girls aged 14-17 years were enrolled in school. It is these girls that will have to be reached in a population education pr…
Husband-Wife Communication and Motivational Aspects of Population Control in an Indian Village
Fertility and Family Life in an Indian Village
The first author was a viting professor in the Department of Child Develoment, University of Baroda, Gujarat State, India. A long term study was undertaken of a sample of 66 families from four major casts. Including the author and his wife and six staff members interviewed and observed these families from 1963 to 1967. Followup interview were conducted for several year after. In the first year of the study, the findings indiated that a desired fa…
The Socialization of Family Size Values: Youth and Family Planning in an Indian Village
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