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Gender, Power, and Reproduction: Rural‐Urban Differences in the Relationship Between Fertility Goals and Contraceptive Use in Kenya *
Author(s) -
Dodoo F. NiiAmoo,
Tempenis Maria
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
rural sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1549-0831
pISSN - 0036-0112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2002.tb00093.x
Subject(s) - fertility , dominance (genetics) , inequality , rural area , reproduction , family planning , demography , demographic economics , socioeconomics , geography , economic growth , population , sociology , economics , political science , research methodology , biology , ecology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , law , gene , biochemistry
Rural‐urban variances in fertility‐related phenomena traditionally are explained by differences in access to contraception and by spatial variations in reproductive goals. As a corollary, changes in existing supply‐ and demand‐side inequities should enable rural women to attain their reproductive goals to the same extent as their urban counterparts. We find, however, that reproductive decisions in rural areas reflect entrenched male dominance, such that the gender inequality in decision making must be redressed if rural women are to realize their fertility goals as fully as urban women.