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  • Title: Intra-familial relations and the woman's situation: a cross sectional study in two settlements.
    Author: Erdemli Cilingiroglu N.
    Journal: Nufusbil Derg; 1991; 13():57-64. PubMed ID: 12284781.
    Abstract:
    This pilot study examines a population attending health centers, Etimesgut (366) and Yapracik (358), in Turkey. The objective was to explore the relationship between age, education, work status, marriage duration, total number of living sons and daughters, ideal number of children, head of the household, and family type, and other variables such as opinions about marriage and having children. The context was rural versus semiurban. Another objective was to investigate the decision making process by specific topics and by what % the woman, husband, both, in-laws, and others contribute. The sample was selected on the basis of a probability proportional size method for rate of use of various contraceptive methods, and the proportion of women aged 15-49 in each health center area. Authority, power, and social status tend to dominate in male heads of households. A statistically significant difference was found for the following variables between semiurban and rural households. Rural women were less educated and had more children and longer marriage durations than semiurban women. It is suggested that marriage age is lower for rural women. Rural women desire more children, which is interpreted as a high fertility preference. Semiurban spouses want more children, which may be due to the low actual childbearing. The father in law as household head is more common in rural areas, as well as the extended family as the type of family structure. Approaching marriage in terms of love is more common in semiurban areas. In rural areas, children are viewed in terms of economic rewards, and as a source of security during illness and old age. Rural women thus reflect more traditional patterns within a large kinship/community system. Decision making findings show that conjugal interaction is comparatively weak for the study population. Women in either areas have little power in decision making, but particularly so in rural areas. In rural areas, in laws contribute substantial power in areas such as visiting friends (33%), communication at home (31.5%), and purchases of clothing (22.5%), daily routine (20.3%) or big items (22.8%) compared to wives 12.7%, 13.2%, 11%, 2.2%, respectively. The author concludes that the results may help determine policies related to women, and suggests further detailed analyses of women's situation and fertility determinants.
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