Hollos M, Larsen U
Department of Anthropology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02915.
Soc Sci Med. 1992 Nov;35(9):1199-210. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(92)90232-f.
The paper tests some of the conflicting hypotheses regarding the effects of urban living and education on fertility by examining the fertility levels of women migrants--some educated, others not--to various urban centers in one Nigerian ethnic group. Of particular interest are the conditions under which the urban residents live and the concept of 'urban' is examined in this West African context. Research methodology consisted of a two-pronged approach and combined an intensive ethnographic study of the families in the rural home community and in one urban center with a demographic survey administered to a larger sample of the rural residents and urban migrants. Analysis indicates that the effect of education on fertility is more powerful than urban or rural residence. The importance of utilizing culturally appropriate categories in demographic research is discussed.
本文通过研究一个尼日利亚族群中迁往不同城市中心的女性移民（有些受过教育，有些未受过教育）的生育水平，检验了一些关于城市生活和教育对生育率影响的相互冲突的假设。特别值得关注的是城市居民的生活条件，以及在这个西非背景下对“城市”概念的审视。研究方法包括两方面，一方面对农村家乡社区和一个城市中心的家庭进行深入的人种志研究，另一方面对更多农村居民和城市移民样本进行人口统计调查。分析表明，教育对生育率的影响比城市或农村居住环境的影响更大。文中还讨论了在人口统计研究中使用文化上合适的分类的重要性。
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