Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Cohen, Barney; Bledsoe, Caroline H.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309048972
eISBN Pdf: 9780309585538
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 1993
Month: January
Pages: 225
Language: English

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This examination of changes in adolescent fertility emphasizes the changing social context within which adolescent childbearing takes place.

SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
POPULATION DYNAMICS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Copyright
Preface
Contents
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
- CHANGES IN TWO CONFIGURATIONS OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR EXPLAINING CHANGE IN ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
- OUR APPROACH: SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON THE OUTCOMES OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
- PLAN OF THE REPORT
2 Levels and Trends in Adolescent Fertility
- LEVELS OF EDUCATION, SEXUAL EXPERIENCE, MARRIAGE, FERTILITY, AND CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS
- TRENDS IN EDUCATION, MARRIAGE, AND FERTILITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS
  - Education
  - Marriage
  - Fertility
- PUTTING THE INDICATORS TOGETHER
  - Group 1
  - Group 2
  - Group 3
- CONCLUSION
3 Marriage: New Forms, New Ambiguities
- "CUSTOMARY" MARRIAGE IN AFRICA
  - Bridewealth
  - Participation of Kin
  - Polygyny
  - Problems in Defining Customary Marriage
    - Variance in Marital Forms
    - Marriage as a Process
- EFFECTS OF AMBIGUOUS MARITAL STATUS ON LEGITIMATE REPRODUCTION
- CHANGES IN MARRIAGE IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA
  - Economics
  - New Legislation
  - Religion: Islam and Christianity
  - Education
  - Urbanization
- EFFECT OF THESE CHANGES ON MARRIAGE
- EFFECTS OF MARITAL CHANGES ON PREMARITAL SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION
4 Reproductive Entitlement: The Social Context of Fertility and Parenthood
- THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MARRIAGE AND REPRODUCTION
- THE VALUE OF CHILDREN
- REPRODUCTION WITHIN THE SEQUENCE OF LIFE EVENTS
- EARNING REPRODUCTIVE ENTITLEMENT
- THE BOUNDARIES OF ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY
- THE REGULATION OF PATERNITY
- CHANGES IN ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION
  - New Patterns of Male Sexuality and Reproduction
  - New Pressures on Women
- CHANGES IN UNSANCTIONED BIRTHS
5 Education and Adolescent Fertility
- THE "CULTURE" OF FORMAL EDUCATION: AN EXAMPLE FROM SIERRA LEONE
- LEVELS AND TRENDS IN FORMAL EDUCATION
- EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
- WHY DO SCHOOLGIRLS BECOME PREGNANT?
- EFFECTS OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ON EDUCATION
- CONCLUSION
6 Early Work, Training, and Preparation for Adulthood
- ADOLESCENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
  - What Do Adolescents Do?
    - Farming
    - Wage Labor
    - Trade Apprenticeships
    - The Urban Informal Sector and Self-Employment
- PATTERNS OF FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
- DISCUSSION
- FERTILITY AND TRAINING OUTSIDE SCHOOLING
  - Women's Trade Apprenticeships
  - Fostering and Home Training
  - Variations on the Theme of Training and Fertility
    - Secluded Female Industry
    - Eastern Versus Western African Trade Apprenticeships
    - Rice Farming
    - Generational Exchanges: Training for Labor
- CONCLUSION
7 Consequences of Adolescent Sexuality and Childbearing for Mothers and Children
- HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
  - Maternal Health Complications
    - Eclampsia
    - Sepsis
    - Obstructed and Prolonged Labor
    - Hemorrhage
    - Fistulas
    - Abortion
    - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  - Health Consequences for Children
- SOCIOECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
  - Consequences for the Mother
  - Effects on Fostering
  - Effects on Social Mobility of Children
  - Lifetime Consequences of Having No Acknowledged Father
- DISCUSSION
8 Conclusions
- FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS
  - Health
  - Education and Training
  - Marriage and Conjugal Relationships
  - Men
- SUMMARY
Appendix Difficulties in Analyzing Adolescent Fertility
- DEFINITION OF ADOLESCENT
- DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE
- THE DATA: DEFINITIONS AND DEFICIENCIES
- INTEGRATION OF DATA SOURCES
- DATING OF CHANGE
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