Revisiting the dynamics of early childbearing in South African townships

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15098967
AutoresNolwazi Mkhwanazi (0000-0003-3245-2557, University of the Witwatersrand, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume16
Fascículo9
Páginas1084-1096
Data de publicação2014-10-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2014.930512
PMID25005345
OpenAlexW2088992761
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas21
Referências citadas22

In South Africa over the last two decades, births to girls under the age of 20 years of age have steadily declined. The reason for the decline has been attributed to progressive social and educational policies and more accommodating reactions from families. This paper uses ethnographic data collected in 2001-2002 and again in 2013 in order to compare young women's perceptions and experiences of early childbearing at the turn of the twenty-first century with those of young women a decade later. It makes two main contributions to the literature on early childbearing in South Africa. First, it provides insight into the changes that have occurred regarding how young women experience pregnancy and motherhood over the last decade. Second, it considers changes not only in relation to time but also in relation to the significant social and ideological changes

Ethnography · Geography · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Social change · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Children's Rights and Participation · Demography · Gender Studies · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare