Son Preference and Family Limitation in Pakistan: A Parity- and Contraceptive Method–Specific Analysis

Channon, Melanie

doi:10.1363/43e4317

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“…The tradition of son preference and its implications has been described in many cultures and countries [25, 26]. The findings of our study corroborate the narrative that son preference continues to be an issue in many country settings [27, 28]. Son preference could be a deciding factor in women’s health as they have been shown to influence fertility and reproductive behavior [29, 30].…”

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A cross-sectional study of traditional practices affecting maternal and newborn health in rural Nigeria

Jimoh¹,

Adaji²,

Adelaiye³

et al. 2018

Pan Afr Med J

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Introduction Certain traditional practices which have negative effects on maternal and child health continue to be practiced in sub-Saharan African countries. A survey was carried out in a rural village in Nigeria to understand the scale and range of these practices. Methods This was a cross-sectional study in which trained interviewers administered pre-tested questionnaires on child-bearing women using questionnaires embedded on android devices. Results The median age of marriage and pregnancy were 15 and 16 years respectively. Home births were high (90.4%) while non-skilled birth attendant was 87.4%. The community had a son preference index ratio of 1:4.1. Up to 81.5% of mothers responded that one form of unhygienic traditional procedure or the other was performed on their children. Time to initiation of breast feeding was in hours in the majority (76.3%) of mothers, with a high rate of use of prelacteal feeds (85.2%). Being an adolescent mother (AOR 0.403, 95%CI 0.203, 0,797) and utilizing a skilled provider at birth (AOR 0.245, 95%CI 0.088, 0.683) were associated with less likelihood of having an unhygienic procedure performed on children. Conclusion The findings of our study suggest that traditional practices which could have negative effects on maternal and child health are still ongoing in the study community. Child protection laws and safeguarding principles could help to reduce these practices and would need to be developed and implemented in these settings where these practices are still prevalent.

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confidence: 86%

A cross-sectional study of traditional practices affecting maternal and newborn health in rural Nigeria

Jimoh¹,

Adaji²,

Adelaiye³

et al. 2018

Pan Afr Med J

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“…Our findings indicated that fertility preferences (ideal number of children and ideal number of boys) were not associated with the uptake of female sterilization by women of reproductive age. This finding partly disagrees with those of earlier studies such as in Uganda where contraceptive use among women is partly hindered by patriarchal family units that highly value children and encourage large family sizes [6], Ethiopia where the desire for no more children by women was significantly associated with women's demand for long acting and permanent methods in [39], Zambia where women whose husbands desired more children were less likely to use modern contraceptive methods including female sterilization [30] and Pakistan where permanent method use among women was significantly associated with the number of sons they had ever born [40].…”

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confidence: 99%

Determinants of female sterilization method uptake among women of reproductive age group in Uganda

Paula

Nzabona

Tuyiragize

2020

Contracept Reprod Med

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Background Despite its great effectiveness, safety and convenience for women who do not wish to have more children; female sterilization method uptake in Uganda is very low. This study aimed at establishing factors associated with female sterilization uptake in Uganda. Methods Secondary data were sourced from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS). We analyzed all (18,506) women aged 15–49 years who were interviewed in the 2016 UDHS. This sample was categorized into women who were sterilized and those using other modern methods. We used a Chi-square test to measure the association between the current uptake of female sterilization by the women and selected independent variables. Multivariate analysis applied the complimentary log-log model to determine the net effect of selected characteristics on female sterilization uptake in Uganda. Results The overall prevalence of female sterilization among modern contraceptive users was 2%. Female sterilization uptake was highly associated with age of 30 years and older (OR = 34.49;, 95%CI:13.33–99.88), middle wealth status (OR = 0.65, 95% CI:0.47–0.92), women who had ever given birth to at least four children (OR = 3.19, 95% CI:1.63–6.22) and decision making by either the husband/partner (OR = 2.42, 95% CI:1.55–3.78) or jointly between a woman and her husband/partner (OR = 1.38, 95% CI:1.02–1.86). Conclusions The uptake of female sterilization was very low, and this was associated with; age, household wealth, parity and contraceptive decision-maker. The uptake of Family planning programs needs to focus on male engagement to increase joint decision making on family planning issues especially those relating to fertility limitation. Government and its other implementing partners need to scale-up efforts that increase accessibility to information on female sterilization services for women who have completed their fertility.

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“…The fertility behaviour exhibited by Turkish immigrant women in Germany therefore mimics that displayed by immigrant women hosted in industrialized societies who originate from son-preferring societies and adopt the son-preferring fertilitystopping rule. For example, like Pakistani women in their native country who use the son-preferring fertility-stopping rule to ensure the birth of at least one son, immigrant women of Pakistani origin in Canada and the United States continue to adopt this rule towards the same end (Adamou, Drakos, and Iyer 2013;Almond, Edlund, and Miligan 2013;Channon, 2017).…”

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Gender preferences and fertility: Investigating the case of Turkish immigrants in Germany

Ezdi¹,

Baş²

2020

DemRes

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Introduction 2 Theoretical background 2.1 Universal gender preferences 2.2 Germany and Turkish immigrants 3 Methodology 3.1 Data 3.2 Methods 3.3 Variables 3.3.1 Dependant variables 3.3.2 Independent variables 3.3.3 Control variables 4 Results 4.1 Descriptive results 4.2 Results of Kaplan-Meier survival analysis 4.3 Results of Cox regression 5 Discussion 6 Conclusion and limitations References Appendix

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Son Preference and Family Limitation in Pakistan: A Parity- and Contraceptive Method–Specific Analysis

Abstract: The association of son preference with parity progression and modern contraceptive use has become stronger in Pakistan. Continuation of the fertility transition may be difficult unless the degrees of differential stopping behavior and differential contraceptive use decline.

Cited by 26 publications

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A cross-sectional study of traditional practices affecting maternal and newborn health in rural Nigeria

A cross-sectional study of traditional practices affecting maternal and newborn health in rural Nigeria

Determinants of female sterilization method uptake among women of reproductive age group in Uganda

Gender preferences and fertility: Investigating the case of Turkish immigrants in Germany

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