男性对更多妻子和子女的渴望。

Men's desire for additional wives and children.

作者信息

Speizer I

机构信息

Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27516, USA.

出版信息

Soc Biol. 1995 Fall-Winter;42(3-4):199-213. doi: 10.1080/19485565.1995.9988901.

DOI:10.1080/19485565.1995.9988901

PMID:8738546

Abstract

In sub-Saharan Africa, the majority of fertility and family planning studies are of women. By ignoring men, these studies overlook the primary fertility and family decision makers. This study uses male data from Cameroon to examine how currently monogamous men make fertility and nupital decisions. Three analyses are discussed. First, an analysis of monogamous men's desire for additional wives is presented. Second, an analysis of monogamous men's desire for additional children is presented. Finally, the two desires are examined simultaneously to disentangle the relationship between these two family desires. Three possible interrelationships between monogamous men's two family desires (desire for wives and desire for children) are examined and discussed. The results indicate that men's desire for more children drives their desire for additional wives and not the contrary. The implications of this finding for high fertility in areas where polygyny is common are discussed.

摘要

在撒哈拉以南非洲，大多数生育和计划生育研究都是针对女性的。这些研究由于忽视了男性，从而忽略了生育和家庭的主要决策者。本研究使用来自喀麦隆的男性数据，来考察目前实行一夫一妻制的男性是如何做出生育和婚姻决策的。文中讨论了三项分析。首先，对一夫一妻制男性想要更多妻子的愿望进行了分析。其次，对一夫一妻制男性想要更多孩子的愿望进行了分析。最后，同时考察这两种愿望，以厘清这两种家庭愿望之间的关系。文中考察并讨论了一夫一妻制男性的两种家庭愿望（想要妻子的愿望和想要孩子的愿望）之间三种可能的相互关系。结果表明，男性想要更多孩子的愿望驱动了他们想要更多妻子的愿望，而非相反。文中讨论了这一发现对一夫多妻制普遍存在地区高生育率的影响。