Family Planning Patterns in Sierra Leone
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10794858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas E Dow (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 211 |
| Publication date | 1971-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Family Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1964931 |
| PMID | 5164356 |
| OpenAlex | W2043043811 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Data gathered from 5952 currently married women and single women with children, 15-49 years of age, living in rural, urban, and Freetown (the largest metropolitan area), Sierra Leone has indicated that residence (urban or rural) is a greater influence on patterns of fertility and family planning than any other social or demographic factor. 10 detailed tables present an analysis of some of the social, cultural, and economic factors which have influenced existing family planning norms. Younger women seemed more influenced by social change, leading to a more positive position on family planning, although significant indications of this trend were apparent only in rural areas and their fertility was higher than that of their urban counterparts. Women in urban areas generally approved of family planning more than rural women, but data on those approving of but not practicing family planning indicates that efforts to increase approval may not necessarily increase practice. (Those approving but not practicing planning were: Freetown, 48.5%; towns, 56.0%; rural, 7.6%.) These figures may represent a transitional phase in the family planning process. However, most women are in economic or domestic roles that are unlikely to lead to change in their attitudes, which suggests that this transition will be difficult and slow. The high infant mortality rate, which tends to deny women their preferred number of children regardless of residence, intensifies the situation
Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Metropolitan area · Population · Research methodology · Residence · Rural area · Sierra leone · Social change · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1974 - 1986 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |