%0 Journal Article
%T Social change in adolescent sexual behavior, mate selection, and premarital pregancy rates in a Kikuyu community
%A Worthman, Carol M.
%A Whiting, John Wesley Mayhew
%J Ethos
%D 1987
%V Vol. 15
%N no. 2
%I University of California Press
%C Berkeley, Calif.
%@ 0091-2131
%G English
%F fl10-013
%O Carol M. Worthman and John W. M. Whiting
%O borrowed from C. Ember;pages: 22; ready for analysis 9/2/08;
%O Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-165)
%X This study discusses adolescent fertility and marriage patterns in Ngecha village, Kenya. Comparing data from 1950 with that of 1980, the study shows substantial increases in rate of unwed  motherhood. The author accounts this increase to broad cultural changes relating to socialization, adolescent sexual behavior and mate selection.
%K Kikuyu (African people)
%K Gikuyu
%K Premarital sex relations
%K Conception
%K Community structure
%K Extended families
%K Adolescent activities
%K Puberty and initiation
%K Techniques of socialization
%K Sex training
%K Social personality
%K Sexual stimulation
%K Sexual intercourse
%K Marriage
%K Ethics
%U https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=fl10-013
%P 145-165
%[ 2022-08-12