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Migration and the diffusion of modern contraceptive knowledge and use in rural Guatemala

Petsa

2005

May-akda

David Lindstrom

Buod

This article uses the concept of social networks as it is employed in the research literature on family planning and migration to explore the impact of out-migration on modern contraceptive knowledge and use in rural Guatemala. Data for this study come from the 1995 Guatemalan Survey of Family Health. Results from multilevel regression models indicate that urban migration experience, having migrant kin in urban or international destinations, and living in a community where urban migration is common are all associated with greater contraceptive knowledge. Social ties to urban or international migrants are also associated with a greater likelihood of modern contraceptive use among married women, but this association works primarily through increased contraceptive knowledge. The findings of significant diffusion effects provide support for recent theories of fertility decline that emphasize the role of social interactions.

Journal title

Studies in Family Planning

Dami

35

Connections

Pang-ekonomiyang sektor

General relevance - all sectors

Target na mga grupo

Mananaliksik

Geographical kaugnayan

Guatemala

Spheres ng aktibidad

Aghamtao, Pag-aaral sa Kasarian at iyag, Health Sciences, and Socioligie

Wika

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