Family Background and Early Life Course Transitions In Kinshasa  

Oleh:

Tambashe, B. Oleko ; Saphiro, David

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Marriage and the Family vol. 58 no. 4 (Nov. 1996), page 1029-1037.
Topik: sub-Saharan Africa; family background; life couse transitions

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: J43 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Drawing on a sample of approximately 2,400 women aged 13-49 surveyed in Kinshasa, Zaire, in 1990, this article examines the Impact of aspects of a woman's family background on transitions to sexual activity, marriage, and motherhood. We document how parental education, parental survival status, the number of siblings, and the type of place where a woman grow up are important for these transitions to adult roles. Our findings suggest that continued increases in educational levels should contribute to delays ill these life course transitions and ultimately to some reductions in fertility.

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