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YEAR: 1974

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Some cultural and socio-psychological factors affecting male family planning

decision-making behavior in rural Pakistan: an analysis of supporters and

opponents.

AUTHORS

De Vries JA

SOURCE

In: Jongmans, D.G. and Claessen, H.J.M., eds. The neglected factor: Family

planning: perception and reaction at the base. A symposium at the Royal

Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, February 13-15, 1974. Assen, The Netherlands, Van

Gorcum, 1974. p. 90-108

ABSTRACT

Data from 2 rural Pakistani villages of about 1000 people were compared to determine the relation of relevant cultural

and socio-psychological factors to birth control practice, with the contention that these factors function as

independent rather than intervening variables. The dependent variable was the degree of family planning involvement

of the male. Kidepur, the first village, is comparatively well-endowed with modern facilities, while Wanianwala is

rather underdeveloped. It was found that generally Kidepur as a community had a predominantly supportive outlook

toward family planning while most Wanianwalas remained indifferent to birth control and were not inclined to become

involved. Sexually active males tended to favor family planning. At the village level, social stratification appeared in

itself no necessary barrier to containing fertility. Comparative standard of living seemed only indirectly to affect

family planning involvement. Income was influential only to the extent that it was invested in education or modernity.

Education was probably the single most important force directly influencing family planning behavior. Birth control

as a health measure appeals far less to men than to women. Familiarity with people who use contraceptives or

provide family planning advice seemed of fundamental importance in spurring favorable decisions about birth control.

Communication between husbands and wives about sex were rare; where they existed, attitudes were favorable to

birth control. Individual, rather than community modernity seemed a strong predictor of family planning behavior.

Therefore, it is recommended that rural family planning programs should concentrate on modern individuals from

various types of communities. The discussion sparked by the paper concerned mostly methodoological

considerations and the importance of the individual in family planning decisions. (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT7T 3542-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Some cultural and socio-psychological factors affecting

male family planning decision-making behavior in rural Pakistan: an analysis of supporters and opponents.", is(are)

De Vries JA. The source of this article is "In: Jongmans, D.G. and Claessen, H.J.M., eds. The neglected factor:

Family planning: perception and reaction at the base. A symposium at the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam,

February 13-15, 1974. Assen, The Netherlands, Van Gorcum, 1974. p. 90-108". This article was published in 1974 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 3542-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

33542

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