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 alCambridge [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).
Subjects
Population
Birth statistics
Mortality
Mode of marriage
Special unions and marriages
Household
Polygamy
Conception
culture
Gusii
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)