OBJECTIVE to describe stressors experienced by women living in an economically disenfranchised urban community and test the relationships between those stressors and women's self-reported health status. METHODS We used a stress process framework to examine the implications of economic divestment and race-based residential segregation on the lives and health of women raising children in Detroi...

the general purpose of the present study is to investigate the social and cultural factors related to the participation level of rural women in familial and meta-familial (social, political, economic and cultural) issues. the study is carried out using documental and fieldwork (questionnaire) methods. the theoretical framework of the study is based on pattern variables of parsons and gender str...

Previous studies claimed that arranged marriages occur in underdeveloped societies, among the uneducated and low social classes. However, Indonesia, especially South Sulawesi, also young educated Muslim women. This study aims to answer why women accept by their parents or families instead of marrying boyfriends. elaborated further on issue feelings experiences, such as after marriage, dating re...

Background & aim:  Gender roles are affected by biosocial and cultural factors. These roles have significant impacts on one’s professional, social, and family life. Therefore, given the recent changes in gender roles in Iran, we aimed to determine the relationship between demographic factors and gender role attitudes among women. Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted on 712 females, ...

The analysis of gender develops through four stages [40]. First comes the realization of how much women have been neglected, and second the exposure of theoretical and empirical fallacies made glaringly apparent by this realization. In the third stage, the results of research on women are added to mainstream discussions, which gives rise to yet a fourth stage in which the resulting analytical d...

background: more than 30% of pregnancies in iran are unintended and most of them happen among the women who use various contraceptive methods. results of integrated monitoring and evaluation system (imes) showed that the rate of innovative contraceptive use in mashhad has been 41.5%-57% in different urban areas. this study was conducted to explore the process of making decision toward using fam...

This is a cross sectional study, conducted in 45 pregnant women coming for antenatal check ups in the eastern regional hospitals in Nepal. Hamilton -Depression Scale (HAM-d) was applied after initial psychiatry work up to all women who were selected for the interview. Analysis revealed about half of the pregnant women having some form of depression. Life events (e.g. chronic illness in the fami...

and two anonymous referees. The authors are indebted to BPS and BKKBN for making community and program data available, and gratefully acknowledge financial support from research grants funded by NICHD and the Futures Group Policy Project. The usual disclaimer applies. Abstract In this paper, we investigate the effects of public family planning programs on fertility in Indonesia, controlling for...

introduction: in the literature pica is reported to be prevalent in pregnant women, who, reported to have eaten substances that were clearly not foods but some thing which has been defined as “pica”. pica is an eating disorder, which may cause severe problems such as chemicals or heavy metals (e.g. lead) toxicity, intestinal obstruction and iron deficiency anaemia. this study was conducted to d...

The Covid 19 pandemic in Indonesia from early March 2020 to 2021 left many stories that seemed endless. impact of the has overwhelmed people, as well women. As control center family, women have an extra role play during a pandemic. Especially government policy divert all work through home. So stabilizing family This study uses descriptive quantitative research method aims describe how with anal...