essay

Fecundity and fertility

turkana herders of the dry savanna : ecology and biobehavioral response of nomads to an uncertain environmentOxford • Published In 1999 • Pages: 248-278

By: Leslie, Paul W., Campbell, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Lyle), Campbell, Benjamin C., Kigondu, Christine S., Kirumbi, Leah W..

Abstract
This document describes the level and pattern of fertility in Turkana and to identify the most important determinants of fertility. It argues that fertility among Turkana women is high, but not remarkably so. With a conservative correction of under-reported of childhood death, nomadic women have an average of 6.6 live births by the end of their reproductive span.
Subjects
Childbirth
Regulation of marriage
Gender status
Polygamy
Birth statistics
Mortality
Senescence
Extramarital sex relations
Pregnancy
Difficult and unusual births
Annual cycle
Diet
Conception
Infant feeding
Infant care
Anthropometry
Nutrition
culture
Turkana
HRAF PubDate
2010
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Eastern Africa
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Types
Biologist
Ecologist
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
Field Date
1989-1994
Coverage Date
1980-1999
Coverage Place
Turkana, Kenya
Notes
Paul W. Leslie, Kenneth L. Campbell, Benjamin C. Campbell, Christine S. Kigondu, and Leah W. Kirumbi
For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
LCCN
99219983
LCSH
Turkana (African people)