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The changing value of children among the Kikuyu of Central Province, Kenya
Africa • 66 (3) • Published In 1966 • Pages: 411-436
By: Price, Neil.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses recent changes in the social institutions and cultural practices which have traditionally supported high fertility among the Kikuyu of Kenya. Based on data collected from one peri-urban and one rural communities, the author observes that children continued to be valued in both communities. Yet, the author also noted a general pattern of fertility decline in both localities due to community-level disparties in the availablity of contraceptives and employment opportunities, as oppose to changes in cultural meanings and institutions governing reproductive pratices.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Conception
- Childbirth
- Population policy
- Research and development
- Medical care
- Labor supply and employment
- Gender status
- Family relationships
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Education system
- Missions
- Sexual intercourse
- Premarital sex relations
- Transportation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gikuyu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- 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.
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1990-1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1990-1991
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Central Province, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Neil Price
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 432-435)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kikuyu (African people)