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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Gender inequality, family planning, and maternal and child care in a rural

Chinese county.

AUTHORS

Li J

SOURCE

Social Science and Medicine. 2004 Aug;59(4):695-708.

ABSTRACT

This study examines the determinants of prenatal and obstetric care utilization within the context of recent social and

economic changes in contemporary rural China. The aim of this study is to test the general hypothesis that gender

inequality (women's status and son preference) and the state's family planning policy have a significant influence on

maternal and childcare utilization. Both qualitative and quantitative data from a field survey in 1994 in rural Yunnan

were used in the study. The findings lend support to this hypothesis. For example, the extent to which the husband

shares housework and childcare, as an important marker of rural Chinese women's position within the family, is

positively associated with the likelihood that a woman receives prenatal examinations, stops heavy physical work

before birth, and gives birth under aseptic conditions. Also, a woman's exposure to the larger world beyond the village

increases her chances of giving birth with the assistance of a doctor or health worker. Son preference is an

impeding factor for maternal and child health care utilization. Already having a son in the family reduces the chances

that the mother will stop heavy physical work before birth for a subsequent pregnancy. Female infants with older

sisters are the least likely to receive immunizations. Women with ``outside the plan'' pregnancies are less likely than

those with ``approved'' pregnancies to receive prenatal examinations, to stop strenuous work before birth, and to

deliver under aseptic conditions. Thus, the study provides further evidence that the family planning policy has a

negative impact on women and their families, whose fertility and son preferences conflict with the birth control policy.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 565-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Gender inequality, family planning, and maternal and child

care in a rural Chinese county.", is(are) Li J. The source of this article is "Social Science and Medicine. 2004

Aug;59(4):695-708.". This article was published in 2004 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT1T 565-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 565

This article is peer-reviewed.

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