Mkhwanazi Nolwazi
a Department of Anthropology , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa.
Cult Health Sex. 2014;16(9):1084-96. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2014.930512. Epub 2014 Jul 8.
In South Africa over the last two decades, births to girls under the age of 20 years of age have steadily declined. The reason for the decline has been attributed to progressive social and educational policies and more accommodating reactions from families. This paper uses ethnographic data collected in 2001-2002 and again in 2013 in order to compare young women's perceptions and experiences of early childbearing at the turn of the twenty-first century with those of young women a decade later. It makes two main contributions to the literature on early childbearing in South Africa. First, it provides insight into the changes that have occurred regarding how young women experience pregnancy and motherhood over the last decade. Second, it considers changes not only in relation to time but also in relation to the significant social and ideological changes.
在过去二十年里，南非20岁以下女孩的生育数量稳步下降。这种下降归因于进步的社会和教育政策以及家庭更为包容的反应。本文使用了2001 - 2002年以及2013年收集的人种志数据，以便将21世纪之交年轻女性对早育的看法和经历与十年后的年轻女性进行比较。它对南非早育相关文献做出了两项主要贡献。第一，它深入探讨了过去十年中年轻女性在怀孕和为人母方面的经历所发生的变化。第二，它不仅考虑了与时间相关的变化，还考虑了与重大社会和意识形态变化相关的变化。
