{"title":"Some socio-cultural factors influencing fertility behaviour: a case study of Yoruba women.","authors":"B Akande","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84274,"journal":{"name":"Biology and society : the journal of the Eugenics Society","volume":"6 4","pages":"165-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22036561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Marriage and its consummation in Bangladesh.","authors":"M M Rahman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84274,"journal":{"name":"Biology and society : the journal of the Eugenics Society","volume":"6 4","pages":"159-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22036560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sex and regional differentials in longevity in Ontario.","authors":"R D Sharma","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84274,"journal":{"name":"Biology and society : the journal of the Eugenics Society","volume":"6 3","pages":"113-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22013103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fertility and mortality in tribal populations of Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh, India.","authors":"S Basu, G Kshatriya","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Demographic analysis of genealogical data, collected in 1983-1984 on 792 households of the 4 tribal populations, namely Muria, Madia, Bhattra and Halba, from Jagdalpur and Konta tehsils of Gastar district of Madhya Pradesh (India) is conducted employing indirect estimation techniques. The results of the study indicate that the total fertility rate of these 4 groups is higher than the Madhya Pradesh rural non-tribal population groups and Indian national population which is in accordance with high tribal fertility levels as reported in some studies from India. The study groups show mortality differentials, but feature distressing mortality conditions as compared to the Indian national population. There are also sex-specific mortality differentials in the present study, with males experiencing higher mortality than females. The trends are discussed in the light of prevailing socioeconomic, cultural, and health care practices among these tribal groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":84274,"journal":{"name":"Biology and society : the journal of the Eugenics Society","volume":"6 3","pages":"100-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22013102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correlates of fertility behaviour in Pakistan.","authors":"F Yusuf, A R Rukanuddin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84274,"journal":{"name":"Biology and society : the journal of the Eugenics Society","volume":"6 2","pages":"61-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22013101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relationship between biological and social aspects of sexual maturity among young Danes.","authors":"H B Wielandt, J L Boldsen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Representative samples of 286 young Danish women and 336 young men aged 16-20 years were interviewed in 1984-1985 about menarcheal age and age at 1st sexual intercourse. The medium age at menarche was 13.13 years. Altogether 212 (74%) of females and 225 (70%) of males were sexually experienced. Among females the medium age at sexual debut is related to that at menarche in the 4 cohorts investigated where it was possible to estimate both variables. Consequently, the behavioral aspects of sexual maturity among females is heavily influenced by this purely biological index of maturation. Although the median age at 1st sexual intercourse could only be estimated in 3 of the male cohorts an indication of association between the median ages at sexual debut is clear, and they seem to follow the median age of menarche closely. The interrelationship between this biological factor (menarche) and a social event (1st sexual intercourse) indicates a causality in sexual development of young contemporary Danes.</p>","PeriodicalId":84274,"journal":{"name":"Biology and society : the journal of the Eugenics Society","volume":"6 2","pages":"55-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22013100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maternal employment and infant mortality: an examination of the role of breastfeeding as an intermediate factor.","authors":"A Bankole","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a survey of 2111 mothers in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, the relationship between infant mortality and maternal employment was examined. By the use of logit regression taking socioeconomic variables and breastfeeding into account, it was shown that children of working class mothers are likely to experience higher rates of infant death than those of non-working mothers, and these rates are higher in mothers working in the informal than in the formal sector. No effect of duration of breastfeeding was detectable, probably due to the universal practice of long lactation among the Yoruba. Intensity of breastfeeding is a key variable, for when this is taken into account, the effect of maternal occupation on infant death disappears. Other variables associated with infant mortality are mother's education, father's income, mother's age, and age of infant.</p>","PeriodicalId":84274,"journal":{"name":"Biology and society : the journal of the Eugenics Society","volume":"6 1","pages":"19-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22012334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consanguineous marriages and matrimonial distance: a study among three South Indian caste groups.","authors":"P G Reddy","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84274,"journal":{"name":"Biology and society : the journal of the Eugenics Society","volume":"5 4","pages":"173-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22012333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Famine and man: lessons from the Irish past, a guide to the future?","authors":"A H Bittles","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"The intention of the present study was to examine such information as is available on the Ethiopian famine of the 1980s, and to compare it with known sequelae of the Irish Famine [of the mid-nineteenth century]. From this comparison it may be possible to determine if features common to all disasters of this nature are identifiable, and ultimately, whether the information gained can be employed to prevent their recurrence and further large-scale loss of life.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":84274,"journal":{"name":"Biology and society : the journal of the Eugenics Society","volume":"5 3","pages":"109-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22035370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fertility patterns and differentials in Israel.","authors":"E T Nigem, M H Nagi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84274,"journal":{"name":"Biology and society : the journal of the Eugenics Society","volume":"5 3","pages":"119-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22035371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}