Book
Sterilization among Puerto Rican women: a case study in New York City
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1992 • Pages:
By: Lopez, Iris Ofelia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
According to Lopez, Puerto Rican women have the highest rate of sterilization in the world. To test this hypothesis, the author examines the various social, cultural, individual, and historical forces that operate in conjunction with one another to guide and constrain the fertility choices of Puerto Rican women. The research presented in this dissertation traces and explores the various historical forces in Puerto Rico which have led to the high rate of sterilization among women on the island in order to understand the continuation of this phenomenon in New York City. The study concludes that the decision of Puerto Rican women to undergo sterilization is '…not voluntary, but rather conditioned by their socio-historical, economic and personal constraints' (Introductory, p. vii).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population policy
- Household
- Poverty
- Bodily injuries
- Medical care
- Medical personnel
- Conception
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Mainland)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- 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 ; 1992
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980-1982 (p.51)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1980-1982
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bushwick, Brooklyn; New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Iris Ofelia Lopez
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Columbia University, 1985
- UM AAC8610789
- Bibliography: p. 232-255
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--New York (N.Y.)