Social dynamics of adolescent fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa /
Adolescent fertility tends to be valued and sanctioned in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa when parents have had adequate ritual or training preparation for adulthood and the child has a recognized father. Young women and adolescents who conceive and bear children within this context are widely a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1993.
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Colección: | Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Levels and trends in adolescent fertility
- Marriage: new forms, new ambiguities
- Reproductive entitlement: the social context of fortility and parenthood
- Education and adolescent fertility
- Early work, training, and preparation for adulthood
- Consequences of adolescent sexuality and childbearing for mothers and children
- Conclusions
- Appendix: Difficulties in analyzing adolescent fertility.