Religiosity and marital fertility among Muslims in Israel

Schellekens, Jona; Atrash, A’as

doi:10.4054/demres.2018.39.34

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“…Fertility desire emerged as one of the important issues associated with WLHIV's SRH rights [39-42, 46, 49, 51]. Consistent with previous studies exploring fertility intention among women in Muslim-majority countries [53][54][55], this review identified that social, cultural, and religious norms emphasizing the importance of having children in marriage and gender dominance within relationships directed the WLHIV's fertility choices, often forcing women to actively seek motherhood regardless of their personal desire. Health care providers' discriminatory attitudes, including actively suggesting abortions and discouraging WLHIV from having future pregnancies were commonly described in papers included in this review as factors influencing WLHIV fertility desire and outcomes.…”

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confidence: 65%

Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Muslim-majority countries: a systematic mixed studies review

Juliastuti

Dean

Fitzgerald

2020

BMC Int Health Hum Rights

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Background: The number of women living with the human immunodeficiency virus (WLHIV) in Muslim-majority countries has increased significantly in the last decade. These women are often marginalized and face insecure sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs and rights. However, little is known about the multi-faceted factors influencing these women's fertility, contraceptive, and perinatal decisions and sexual life. This systematic mixed studies review aimed to synthesize the empirical evidence on social, cultural, and structural factors influencing the SRH of WLHIV in Muslim-majority countries. Methods: This review provides a synthesis of quantitative, qualitative and mixed-method research findings searched from PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, CINAHL and Cochrane databases. We screened 3452 SRH studies involving WLHIV. The studies, published in English between 2008 and 2017, were from 20 Muslim-majority countries with increased numbers of WLHIV. The quality of eligible studies was appraised using a mixed-methods appraisal tool (MMAT) version 2011. Findings were thematically analysed by a hybrid deductive-inductive approach. Two independent reviewers were involved in the study selection, data extraction, quality appraisal, and data synthesis. Results: We included 13 SRH-related studies involving 1748 WLHIV in eight Muslim-majority countries. Most of these studies explored fertility desire and sexual health, while only a small proportion related to contraceptive use and the perinatal-care experience. We identified that WLHIV faced neglect of their SRH rights. These rights were predominantly affected by the socio-cultural, religious and health-services context of the women's lives, which directed them to unsafe sex practices and stressful perinatal experiences. Conclusions: This study points to the need for SRH laws, policies, and interventions which stop WLHIV experiencing SRH discrimination violence and achieving their SRH rights.

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Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Muslim-majority countries: a systematic mixed studies review

Juliastuti

Dean

Fitzgerald

2020

BMC Int Health Hum Rights

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“…A positive relationship between religiosity and matrimonial fruitfulness was reported in a study directed by Muslim women in Israel. 27 The age at first matrimony is significant and negatively influences women's fertility. The present study unequivocally suggests that women who are married at age 18 years or older have fewer children than women who are married at a very young age (under 18 years of age).…”

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Impact of Proximate Determinants on Fertility Transition Behind the Socio-demographic Factors in Bangladesh: A Hierarchical Approach from the National Survey

Haq

Uddin

Methun

et al. 2019

Int J Travel Med Glob Health

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Introduction: Fertility is a vital ingredient in measuring population fluctuation. Bangladesh is still above the level of replacement level fertility. The target of this research was to determine the proximate factors on fertility rate reduction in Bangladesh. Methods: The 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) was used as secondary data. The association between fertility and sociodemographic variables was determined by bivariate analysis. Multiple regression analysis in a hierarchical approach was applied to determine the impact of factors on fertility rate reduction. Results: In the 2014 BDHS, the mean fertility of women aged 15-49 years was 2.45, and 76.5% of women were married at an early age. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that education has a significant effect on fertility rate. Increasing the education status of women decreased fertility, while other variants of Model I were controlled. Women who accomplish a secondary or higher education are more likely to have fewer children than illiterate women. Conclusion: The findings of the current study strongly recommend that efforts be made to augment female education, to inform women of the negative impact of early marriage, and to enhance the quality of contraceptive use for all ever-married women, particularly those living in the eastern region. Such steps would be the largest contribution to a future reduction in fertility rates in Bangladesh.

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“…31 The size of a person's religiosity is not a definite measure, as Shellekens and Atrash explain that religiosity is a complicated concept and is difficult to define. 32 Religious practice thinking is formed in three models. First, Peer educators are religious in symbolic.…”

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The Socio-Religious Impact of Peer Educators of Women Sexual Workers in the Localization of Krian-Ngadiluwih, Kediri Regency

Sardjuningsih

2020

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This article reveals the relationship between the role of peer educators in the socio-religious awareness of Women Sexual Workers (WPS) in Krian Village, Ngadiluwih, Kediri Regency. Peer educator is a solution from the Regional Government that is given to WPS who are considered to have strengths and abilities in peer communication. The main objective is to prevent HIV/AIDS in the area of localization. There is no denying that WPS always get negative stigma from the community. Moreover, localization has always been the most vulnerable point in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as HIV/AIDS. Therefore, the Regional Government held a peer educator program so that the socialization of the dangers of the disease could be disseminated through fellow WPS. This article was prepared with a qualitative-descriptive methodology of the phenomenological study type. Data were collected through observation and interviews with a number of key respondents. This article concludes that peer educators work using a personal approach, promoting friendship, kinship, and empathy. The peer educator officers felt a personal, interpersonal, and impact on family relationships whereas the forms of diversity of the peer educator officers can be categorized into three, namely symbolic religion, identity religion, and camouflage religion.

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Religiosity and marital fertility among Muslims in Israel

Cited by 8 publications

References 35 publications

Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Muslim-majority countries: a systematic mixed studies review

Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Muslim-majority countries: a systematic mixed studies review

Impact of Proximate Determinants on Fertility Transition Behind the Socio-demographic Factors in Bangladesh: A Hierarchical Approach from the National Survey

The Socio-Religious Impact of Peer Educators of Women Sexual Workers in the Localization of Krian-Ngadiluwih, Kediri Regency

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