Family planning dialogue : identifying the key determinants of young women’s use and selection of contraception in Namibia

dc.contributor.authorIndongo, Nelago
dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Kammila
dc.contributor.emailkammila.naidoo@up.ac.zaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-22T07:40:06Z
dc.date.available2010-02-22T07:40:06Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThe key determinant of young Namibian women’s contraceptive use emerging out of this study was whether (or not) they communicated on matters of sex and reproduction with their mothers. The quantitative data analysis revealed that ‘family planning discussions’ with mother had a significant interaction effect on contraceptive use. Considering the staunch cultural and religious framework within which day-to-day activities are conducted, we speculated initially that talking routinely to mothers about family planning was likely to have a negative or discouraging influence on contraceptive use. The popular discourses, as exemplified by some of the focus group dialogues, suggest ambivalence on whether Namibian mothers would be pro- or anticontraceptive use. Additionally, young women who have not been socialised to talk to their elders as equals may themselves resist any dialogue on topics dealing with intimacy. However, as was the case with Whitaker et al.’s (1999) study, communication with mothers (and parents generally) was talked about as desirable and necessary.en
dc.identifier.citationIndongo, N & Naidoo, K 2008, 'Family planning dialogue: Identifying the key determinants of young women’s use and selection of contraception in Namibia', African Sociological Review, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 98-116. [http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/Journals/african_sociological_review.htm]en
dc.identifier.issn1027-4332
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/13185
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCODESRIAen
dc.rightsCODESRIAen_
dc.subject.lcshFamily planning -- Namibiaen
dc.subject.lcshCommunication in family planning -- Namibiaen
dc.subject.lcshContraception -- Namibiaen
dc.subject.lcshYoung women -- Namibia -- Communicationen
dc.subject.lcshMothers and daughters -- Namibiaen
dc.titleFamily planning dialogue : identifying the key determinants of young women’s use and selection of contraception in Namibiaen
dc.typeArticleen

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