Abstract
The contraceptive habits of the Arab population in rural Israel was explored by means of a cohort (n=429) of rural Muslim women, with the aim to compose a profile of the women who practice modern contraception. Self-reported information revealed that only one third of the women apply modern contraceptive devices. Multivariate analysis showed the following independent variables to bear a contributory and predictive value with respect to use or non-use of modern contraceptive means by Muslim village women in Israel: degree of religiosity of the woman, male offspring, extent of modernity within the nuclear family, number of children, occupation of the husband, and adherence to traditional norms by the woman.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 317-324 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | International Journal of Social Welfare |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1997 |
Keywords
- Contraceptive use
- Family planning
- Israel
- Muslim rural women
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
