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Roman Catholicism and fertility among the Mbaise, Southeast, Nigeria

There is a prevalence of high fertility among the Mbaise of Imo State, Nigeria. This is linked to the perceptions, beliefs and practices of the people. The voluntaristic social action theory by Talcott Parsons and Proximate determinants of fertility framework by Bongaarts were utilized to highlight...

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Autores principales: Nwogu, Joseph N., Igbolekwu, Chisaa O., Nwokocha, Ezebunwa E., Nwogu, Esther C., Nwabugwu, Obioha N., Arisukwu, Ogadimma
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7900692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33665393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e05929
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author Nwogu, Joseph N.
Igbolekwu, Chisaa O.
Nwokocha, Ezebunwa E.
Nwogu, Esther C.
Nwabugwu, Obioha N.
Arisukwu, Ogadimma
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Igbolekwu, Chisaa O.
Nwokocha, Ezebunwa E.
Nwogu, Esther C.
Nwabugwu, Obioha N.
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description There is a prevalence of high fertility among the Mbaise of Imo State, Nigeria. This is linked to the perceptions, beliefs and practices of the people. The voluntaristic social action theory by Talcott Parsons and Proximate determinants of fertility framework by Bongaarts were utilized to highlight the links between Catholicism and fertility, as well as socio-cultural variables and fertility behaviour by showing strength of their separate and combined relationships. Data were gathered through survey questionnaire and in-depth interview. The findings from the study show that the factors affecting fertility among the Mbaise include communal and individual norms and practices, and their persistent influence signal a need to investigate their separate and combined influences on fertility behaviour. Specific findings were that: (1) Roman Catholicism is a factor responsible for the perceived high fertility among Mbaise people, (2) Roman Catholic fertility practices conform to the socio-cultural environment in the area (3) knowledge of contraceptives use is significantly low among the people of Mbaise. The negligible proportion that has used family planning methods did so for child spacing rather than for limiting fertility.
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spelling pubmed-79006922021-03-03 Roman Catholicism and fertility among the Mbaise, Southeast, Nigeria Nwogu, Joseph N. Igbolekwu, Chisaa O. Nwokocha, Ezebunwa E. Nwogu, Esther C. Nwabugwu, Obioha N. Arisukwu, Ogadimma Heliyon Research Article There is a prevalence of high fertility among the Mbaise of Imo State, Nigeria. This is linked to the perceptions, beliefs and practices of the people. The voluntaristic social action theory by Talcott Parsons and Proximate determinants of fertility framework by Bongaarts were utilized to highlight the links between Catholicism and fertility, as well as socio-cultural variables and fertility behaviour by showing strength of their separate and combined relationships. Data were gathered through survey questionnaire and in-depth interview. The findings from the study show that the factors affecting fertility among the Mbaise include communal and individual norms and practices, and their persistent influence signal a need to investigate their separate and combined influences on fertility behaviour. Specific findings were that: (1) Roman Catholicism is a factor responsible for the perceived high fertility among Mbaise people, (2) Roman Catholic fertility practices conform to the socio-cultural environment in the area (3) knowledge of contraceptives use is significantly low among the people of Mbaise. The negligible proportion that has used family planning methods did so for child spacing rather than for limiting fertility. Elsevier 2021-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7900692/ /pubmed/33665393 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e05929 Text en © 2021 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Arisukwu, Ogadimma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7900692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33665393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e05929
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