title: Socio-cultural organization and fertility attitudes and behaviour of wives in Ezibeleni Township (Transkei).
abstract: "The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of socio-cultural organization on both desired and completed fertility of a group of married women in Ezibeleni township in the Transkei.  Among the socio-cultural factors examined were religion, education, labour force participation, age, age at marriage, duration of marriage, birth and marriage cohorts etc.  We found sufficient evidence to support the contention that childbearing is a fundamentally social behaviour.  On the whole, families tend to be large in the township.  The higher a woman's socio-economic status, the smaller the size of her family.  Contrary to existing findings, age at marriage is positively associated with achieved family size, while the timing of entry into a marital union is negatively associated with desired family size.  Finally, fertility desires have been changing over the years with the younger generation of wives desiring smaller family sizes compared to the older generation." (SUMMARY IN AFR)
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000353:Africa, Southern; D000367:Age Factors; D001519:Behavior; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012919:Social Behavior; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013019:South Africa
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Behavior; Culture; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Family Size, Completed; Family Size, Desired; Fertility; Fertility Determinants; Marital Fertility; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Social Behavior; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; South Africa; Southern Africa