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Women and high fertility in Islamic northern Nigeria
Chimaraoke O Izugbara1, Alex C Ezeh
1African Population and Health Research Center, Shelter Afrique Center, Post Office Box 10787-00100, GPO, Nairobi, Kenya. cizugbara@aphrc.org
Abstract:
Research on fertility trends in Islamic northern Nigeria has rarely sought the perspectives of the people of that region concerning the causes of high fertility in the area. Relying on qualitative data elicited from women in northwestern Nigeria, we explore their views on high fertility in the region. A principal finding is that respondents ascribed to their husbands the responsibility for high parity; these women reported deliberately giving birth to many children in order to inhibit men's tendency to divorce or engage in plural marriage. We contend that the social meanings that women ascribe to their husbands' behaviors and the ways they respond to them are significant contributors to current high fertility in northern Nigeria.
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