This study examined differences in residence, marriage age, and education among 6 language groups (Balochi-Brohi, Urdu, Siraiki, Punjabi, Sindhi, and Pushto) in Pakistan. Ethnic differences were reported for fertility preferences and family planning attitudes, knowledge, and practices. Data were obtained from the 1990-91 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey among 6582 eligible ever-married ...

One of the unique traditions in casting process Padang Pariaman community is "Mamak to Mamak marriage". This tradition has been passed down from generation and an obligation at traditional engagement ceremony. If this not carried out, it will affect continuation even marriage process. research empirical by looking Marriage" community. The meaning "Marriage between mamak mamak" "The bond two tri...

OBJECTIVE Intimate partner violence against women is a growing global public health problem that is related to various psychosocial, cultural, mental, and economic factors. In this study, psychosocial factors affecting various types of intimate partner violence against women were investigated based upon affected individuals' statements. METHODS Demographic data, exposure to various types of p...

Conventional views on marriage migration consider it primarily family-related, and portray female marriage migrants as mostly passive, tied movers. Marriage as an economic strategy is seldom studied. We argue that a structural framework enables analysis of the complexities underlying female marriage migration, stressing institutional, economic, and sociocultural factors that impose constraints ...

The sharing of genetic information following the diagnosis of a genetic condition can be important for managing familial risks for genetic conditions. This paper explores factors that impede or facilitate the sharing of genetic information within a sample of British Pakistani families. It draws from research investigating understandings of genetics and inheritance, attitudes to prenatal diagnos...

BACKGROUND High fertility and low contraceptive prevalence characterize Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region. In such populations, unmet needs for contraception have a tendency to be high, mainly due to the effect of socio-economic and demographic variables. However, there has not been any study examining the relationship between these variables and unmet need in the region. This ...

F amilies are essentially care institutions that vary across cultures and change over time. Their essential function, historically, has been to contribute to the basic economic survival of family members; thus, the structure of families often adapts to the economy, and cultural ideologies and laws are created to reinforce that adaptation. Over time, societies grow and become more complex and st...

BACKGROUND Based on aggregate statistics, the population of Israel, as compared to all or most other developed societies, has very high levels of fertility and marriage (e.g. TFR of 2.96 in 2009 and only 9.7% never married among women aged 40-44 in 2009). However, studying aggregate demographic measures is problematic, because Israel is an extremely heterogeneous society, with family formation ...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the reproductive health rights, women empowerment and gender equity in a rural area of Bangladesh. METHODS Three hundred married women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in Meherpur District, Bangladesh were interviewed using a structured questionnaire and purposing sampling techniques. The logistic regression analysis was used to determine the dominating factor...