| dc.creator | Ascroft, Joseph B. | |
| dc.date | 2011-03-30T14:03:05Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-03-30T14:03:05Z | |
| dc.date | 1971 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:54:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:54:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Ascroft, Joseph B. (1971) The fertility behavior differential. Discussion Paper 118, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/473 | |
| dc.identifier | 318297 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1834 | |
| dc.description | The present paper is devoted to presenting a parsimonious, simplified
and heuristic method of gathering data concerning concepts of
fertility behavior and control. The nature of the instrument is such
that it also facilitates cross-cultural comparison and generalization.
The method employs the female fecundity period as a standard for data
gathering. Its main uses are to gather (a) primary information on
actual, expected, intended and ideal fertility behavior practice; and
(b) secondary information on knowledge about and attitudes towards methods
and practices of fertility control based upon an analyses of the primary
information.
The measurement device calls for more active participation by the
respondent in the interview situation. The actual measurement device is
mounted on a soft board and respondents answer questions by sticking
appropriately coded mapping pins into the relevant places on the Fertility
Behavior Differential. In this way, information is efficiently gathered
on such issues as the outset of menstruation and menopause, the actual
parental ages at marriage and at present, the actual birth order of all
children up till the present time, differentiating between miscarriages and births of male and female children both living and dead, the expected
birth order of further children, the intended birth order of further children
if perfect fertility control were possible, the ideal parental ages
at marriage and ideal birth order of children assuming
that the respondent could go back to square one and start all over again.
The measuring device is not restricted to women in there fecundity
period. It may be extended to use responses of males and females of all
ages, barring infants. In addition, the measurement method ameliorates
problems of jargonistic terminology and the use of "sensitive" words and
language. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion papers;118 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Gender | |
| dc.subject | Health | |
| dc.subject | Sexuality and Development | |
| dc.title | The fertility behavior differential | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
