Roman Catholicism and fertility among the Mbaise, Southeast, Nigeria.
Ewu-ukwu
Family planning
Fertility
Mbaise
Roman Catholicism
Socio-cultural norms
Journal
Heliyon
ISSN: 2405-8440
Titre abrégé: Heliyon
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101672560
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2021
Feb 2021
Historique:
received:
14
01
2020
revised:
12
10
2020
accepted:
06
01
2021
entrez:
5
3
2021
pubmed:
6
3
2021
medline:
6
3
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
There is a prevalence of high fertility among the Mbaise of Imo State, Nigeria. This is linked to the perceptions, beliefs and practices of the people. The voluntaristic social action theory by Talcott Parsons and Proximate determinants of fertility framework by Bongaarts were utilized to highlight the links between Catholicism and fertility, as well as socio-cultural variables and fertility behaviour by showing strength of their separate and combined relationships. Data were gathered through survey questionnaire and in-depth interview. The findings from the study show that the factors affecting fertility among the Mbaise include communal and individual norms and practices, and their persistent influence signal a need to investigate their separate and combined influences on fertility behaviour. Specific findings were that: (1) Roman Catholicism is a factor responsible for the perceived high fertility among Mbaise people, (2) Roman Catholic fertility practices conform to the socio-cultural environment in the area (3) knowledge of contraceptives use is significantly low among the people of Mbaise. The negligible proportion that has used family planning methods did so for child spacing rather than for limiting fertility.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33665393
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e05929
pii: S2405-8440(21)00034-7
pmc: PMC7900692
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e05929Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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