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The Contextual Web of Fertility Control: A Case Study of Chisang Village

The Contextual Web of Fertility Control: A Case Study of Chisang Village
Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1998-07
Publisher: Center for Nepal and Asian Studies
Place of Publication: Kirtipur, Nepal
Pages: 173-198
Sources ID: 127832
Visibility: Public (group default)
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The article examines how various village and family/individual level factors have triggered measurable changes in reproductive attitudes and behaviour in Chisang, a village in the eastern Terai of Nepal. It attempts to study the contextual web of fertility control with a case study of Chisang village. Chisang is a transitional village which cannot be categorized as a rural village or an urban center. In Chisang fertility change is occuring as a result of changing sociocultural, economic, and development factors including increased educational opportunities, changing roles of women and the local availability of family planning methods in addition to infrastructure changes. This case study underscores that analysis of fertility changes in the village should not be viewed in isolation from the regional or national socioeconomic changes which form the context of fertility transition. The majority of the Chisang residents are migrants, and are therefore receptive to changing norms and practices. They are innovative and are breaking away from many traditional ways of thinking. One of these innovations is increased fertility regulation achieved principally by delaying age of marriage and increasing contraceptive use within marriage. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2006-10-27)

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Contributions to Nepalese Studies