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A woman's work is never done: women's work and pregnancy outcome in Albania
Medical anthropology quarterly, n.s. • 11 (3) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 375-395
By: Senturia, Kirsten Diana White.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses women's work in Albania and its effect on reproductive health. During the period of 1993-1994, 1199 pregnant women were examined to identify how factors associated with work were related to spontaneous abortion, low birth weight, length of gestation period, and perinatal deaths. These women were interviewed in order to examine each woman's personal experiences regarding working and raising a family. As the result of these interviews, Senturia's study seems to indicate that there are definite working factors, such as standing, few household helpers to help with tasks, working in a hot environment, commuting, walking and carrying, and lifting heavy weights on the job, that are directly correlated with low birth weight, miscarriage, and/or perinatal mortality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Interviewing in research
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Pregnancy
- Birth statistics
- Mortality
- Gender status
- Labor supply and employment
- Labor and leisure
- Labor relations
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Albanians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Medical Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1993-1994
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1992-1994
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Albania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kirsten D. Senturia
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-395)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84643999
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Albanians