book chapter
Gusii fertility, marriage, and family
Child care and culture : lessons from Africa [by] Robert A. LeVine … [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron … [et al • Cambridge [England] • Published In 1994 • Pages: 92-120, 313-314
By: LeVine, Robert Alan, Levine, Sarah (Sarah E.), Leiderman, P. Herbert, Brazelton, T. Berry, Dixon, Suzanne, Richman, Amy, Keefer, Constance H., Caron, James, New, Rebecca Staples, Miller, Patrice, Tronick, Edward, Feigal, David, Yaman, Josephine.
Abstract
This article examines in detail the Gusii fertility predicament in Kenya, and attempts to explain how their fertility rate reached and remained at such a high level. In addition, the author discusses why parents want to bear so many children, and what consequences their successful fertility has for infant development. Later sections of this study describe the state of marriage in Morongo (a pseudonym), and the socioeconomic conditions of the sample families used in this work (p. 93).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field Date
- 1974-1976
- Coverage Date
- 1969-1979
- Coverage Place
- Kisi District, southwestern Kenya
- Notes
- [by] Robert A. LeVine … [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron … [et al.]
- For bibliographical references see 6: Levine [et al.]
- LCCN
- 93033584
- LCSH
- Gusii (African people)