West Indian gender relations, family planning programs and fertility decline
Soc Sci Med
; 35(10): 1245-57, 1992.
Article
| MedCarib
| ID: med-14400
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JM3.1
Localization: JM3.1; RA418.S64
ABSTRACT
Nearly all West Indian islands initiated marked fertility declines sometimes between 1960 and 1970. Family planning programs have not played an important role in these declines. Neither have other variables that conventional social theory tells us should promote reduced family sizes, like education and rising standards of living. The historical experience of Barbados and Antigua, which reached replacement-level fertility in the 1980s, suggest that West Indian fertility declines reflect structural changes in national economic that created job opportunities for women. Family planning programs need to be evaluated with reference to the distinctive health and human right goals other than fertility transition that they can effectively reach (AU)
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
Health problem:
Goal 11: Inequalities and inequities in health
Database:
MedCarib
Main subject:
Population Control
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Family Planning Services
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Fertility
Aspects:
Social determinants of health
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Equity and inequality
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Barbados
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Caribbean
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English Caribbean
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Grenada
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Saint Lucia
Journal:
Soc Sci Med
Year:
1992
Document type:
Article