Men Matter: Additive and Interactive Gendered Preferences and Reproductive Behavior in Kenya

Overview

Journal Demography

Specialty Public Health

Date 1998 Jun 12

PMID 9622784

Citations 44

Authors

F N Dodoo

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

The extent of men's roles in reproductive decision-making in Africa is a subject of contention. Despite the volume of work on the roles men play in fertility decisions, there have been few attempts to derive direct empirical estimates of the effect of men's preferences on reproductive behavior. I employ 1989 and 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys to examine the relative roles of the reproductive preferences of males and females on contraceptive use. Additive and interactive measures of preferences document a significant effect of men's preferences, which may eclipse women's preferences. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Citing Articles

Women's independent decision-making power and determinants on not to use contraceptives among currently married women in Ethiopia using demographic and Health Survey data: Multilevel Analysis.

Tesfa D, Azanaw M, Gebremariam A, Engidaw M, Tiruneh M, Zemene M BMC Womens Health. 2022; 22(1):541.

PMID: 36550498 PMC: 9773615. DOI: 10.1186/s12905-022-02051-y.

Partner support and women's contraceptive use: insight from urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana.

Agyekum M, Henry E, Kushitor M, Obeng-Dwamena A, Agula C, Asuming P BMC Womens Health. 2022; 22(1):256.

PMID: 35752803 PMC: 9233795. DOI: 10.1186/s12905-022-01799-7.

Men's involvement in women's abortion-related care: a scoping review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries.

Strong J Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2022; 30(1):2040774.

PMID: 35323104 PMC: 8956302. DOI: 10.1080/26410397.2022.2040774.

Identifying Client Targets for Improved Mobilization and Uptake of Integrated Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Environmental Programs in Kenya.

Obat E, Schaefer K, Opiyo M, Otieno G, Windindi H, Omuodo D Front Glob Womens Health. 2021; 2:559297.

PMID: 34816173 PMC: 8593978. DOI: 10.3389/fgwh.2021.559297.

Masculinity, Money, and the Postponement of Parenthood in Nigeria.

Smith D Popul Dev Rev. 2021; 46(1):101-120.

PMID: 34290463 PMC: 8290976. DOI: 10.1111/padr.12310.

References

Liang K, Zeger S . Regression analysis for correlated data. Annu Rev Public Health. 1993; 14:43-68. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pu.14.050193.000355. View

Mott F, Mott S . Household fertility decisions in West Africa: a comparison of male and female survey results. Stud Fam Plann. 1985; 16(2):88-99. View

Lapham R, Mauldin W . Contraceptive prevalence: the influence of organized family planning programs. Stud Fam Plann. 1985; 16(3):117-37. View

Dow Jr T, WERNER L . Modern, transitional, and traditional demographic and contraceptive patterns among Kenyan women. Stud Fam Plann. 1982; 13(1):12-23. View

Karra M, Stark N, Wolf J . Male involvement in family planning: a case study spanning five generations of a south Indian family. Stud Fam Plann. 1997; 28(1):24-34. View

Ezeh A . The influence of spouses over each other's contraceptive attitudes in Ghana. Stud Fam Plann. 1993; 24(3):163-74. View

Becker S . Couples and reproductive health: a review of couple studies. Stud Fam Plann. 1996; 27(6):291-306. View

Binka F, Nazzar A, Phillips J . The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project. Stud Fam Plann. 1995; 26(3):121-39. View

Terefe A, Larson C . Modern contraception use in Ethiopia: does involving husbands make a difference?. Am J Public Health. 1993; 83(11):1567-71. PMC: 1694882. DOI: 10.2105/ajph.83.11.1567. View

10.

Mbizvo M, Adamchak D . Male fertility regulation: a study on acceptance among men in Zimbabwe. Cent Afr J Med. 1992; 38(2):52-7. View

11.

Isiugo-Abanihe U . Reproductive motivation and family-size preferences among Nigerian men. Stud Fam Plann. 1994; 25(3):149-61. View

12.

Dodoo F . Education and changing reproductive behavior in Ghana. Sociol Perspect. 1993; 36(3):241-56. View

13.

Nazzar A, Adongo P, Binka F, Phillips J, Debpuur C . Developing a culturally appropriate family planning program for the Navrongo experiment. Stud Fam Plann. 1995; 26(6):307-24. View

14.

Tuladhar J . Determinants of contraceptive use in Nepal. J Biosoc Sci. 1985; 17(2):185-93. DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000015637. View

15.

Rajulton F, Balakrishnan T, Chen J . Changes in timing of fertility--a Canadian experience. J Biosoc Sci. 1990; 22(1):33-42. DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000018356. View

16.

Bongaarts J, BRUCE J . The causes of unmet need for contraception and the social content of services. Stud Fam Plann. 1995; 26(2):57-75. View

17.

Mbizvo M, Adamchak D . Family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practices of men in Zimbabwe. Stud Fam Plann. 1991; 22(1):31-8. View

18.

Njogu W . Trends and determinants of contraceptive use in Kenya. Demography. 1991; 28(1):83-99. View

19.

Bumpass L, Rindfuss R, Janosik R . Age and marital status at first birth and the pace of subsequent fertility. Demography. 1978; 15(1):75-86. View

20.

Blumberg R . Income under female versus male control: hypotheses from a theory of gender stratification and data from the Third World. J Fam Issues. 1988; 9(1):51-84. DOI: 10.1177/019251388009001004. View