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Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa A Collection of Micro-Demographic Studies
Samuel Agyei-Mensah, John B. Casterline, ed.
ISBN: 0-313-31908-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31908-2
216 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/2003
List Price: $64.95 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Perhaps no region matches sub-Saharan Africa in its social and cultural diversity. In this collection of micro-demographic studies, the authors examine how the diversity of this region influences reproductive behavior. The empirical studies, distributed throughout the continent, are localized, in-depth studies that give special attention to contextual effects of social structure and social organization. A diverse range of topics is addressed including, adolescent sexuality and the effects of early childbearing on later fertility, the impact of development programs on fertility and the association between social organization, social diffusion, and reproductive regime. Highly revealing of the determinants of reproduction in Africa, these studies serve as a model for a new mode of demographic research.

The chapters are arranged by geographical regions of the continent, with an introductory chapter outlining the editors' vision of a micro-demographic enterprise and a concluding chapter placing the African fertility transition in the context of the global fertility transition. This volume inspires fresh thinking and theorizing about demographic change, not only in sub-Saharan Africa, but also in all low-income settings.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by George Benneh
    Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Introduction by Samuel Agyei-Mensah and John B. Casterline
    Social Organization and Reproductive Behavior in Southern Ghana by Dominic K. Agyeman and John B. Casterline
    Social Identity and Community in the Fertility of Southern Ethiopian Women by Dennis P.Hogan and Betemariam Berhanu
    The Fertility Impact of the Rahad Irrigation Project, Sudan by El-Rayah A. Osman
    Social Setting, Birth Timing, and Subsequent Fertility in the Ghanaian South by Samuel Agyei-Mensah, Asbjorn Aase, and Kofi Awusabo-Asare
    Changes in Reproductive Ideology and Its Control from Natural to Limited Fertility Regimes in Malawi by Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu and Ezekiel Kalipeni
    The Nature of Unmet Need for Contraception in Ndola, Zambia by Ann E. Biddlecom and Frederick A.D. Kaona
    Space, Context, and Hardship: Socializing Children into Sexual Activity in Kenyan Slums by F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo, Melissa Sloan, and Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu
    Economic Transactions Associated with Sexual Intercourse Among Malian Adolescents: Implications for Sexual Health by Sarah Castle and Mamadou Kani Konate
    New Lights on the Sub-Saharan African Fertility Transition: Conclusion by John C Caldwll and Pat Caldwell
    Index
About the Author: SAMUEL AGYEI-MENSAH is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Resource Development at the University of Ghana. He is currently working on a book on the spread of HIV/AIDS in Ghana.

JOHN B. CASTERLINE is Senior Research Associate in the Policy Research Division at the Population Council in New York. He is the author of Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition (2001).
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