ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION PATTERN AMONG WOMEN IN A RURAL YORUBA COMMUNITY IN NIGERIA
In: Substance use & misuse: an international interdisciplinary forum, Band 37, Heft 5-7, S. 579-597
ISSN: 1532-2491
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In: Substance use & misuse: an international interdisciplinary forum, Band 37, Heft 5-7, S. 579-597
ISSN: 1532-2491
In: The international journal of social psychiatry, Band 36, Heft 2, S. 93-98
ISSN: 1741-2854
A randomly selected clinic population of 400 pregnant women in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, were interviewed for complaints of psychological disorders during the last trimester of pregnancy and the post-partum period. The study shows a considerable degree of psychological disturbances during pregnancy which later decreased significantly dur ing the post-partum. While the complaints of worrying, guilt-feeling, nausea and vomiting and "heat in-the-head", were significantly more common in younger women, insomnia and anorexia were more common in older women. The incidence of psychological complaints among the women decreased with increasing parity. There was no significant difference in the incidence between women with monogamous and polygamous marriages.
In: Africa development: a quarterly journal of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa = Afrique et développement, Band 34, Heft 2, S. 47-57
ISSN: 0850-3907
In: Asian women, Band 37, Heft 3, S. 95-120
ISSN: 2586-5714
In: Journal of biosocial science: JBS, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 63-74
ISSN: 1469-7599
SummaryData were analysed from the 1973 surveys of the Nigerian segment of the Changing African Family (CAFN) Project which covered Yoruba women and men in Ibadan and the western state of Nigeria. The Yoruba women in monogamous unions and those in polygynous unions show slightly varying levels of fertility, measured as mean number of children ever born. Most of this variation can be attributed to other variables; type of union of the women does not significantly affect their fertility level.
In: Dialectical anthropology: an independent international journal in the critical tradition committed to the transformation of our society and the humane union of theory and practice, Band 21, Heft 1
ISSN: 1573-0786
In: Journal of biosocial science: JBS, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 461-469
ISSN: 1469-7599
SummaryThis study employs multiple classification and regression techniques to determine the influence of marital, sociodemographic and selected intermediate variables on duration of breast-feeding and post-partum sexual abstinence among a sample of 300 Yoruba women of western Nigeria. Only education and place of residence appeared to be significantly related to the post-partum variables. Breast-feeding was shown to exert a significant positive effect on abstinence. The effect of contraception on the post-partum variables appeared to be a function of socioeconomic status.Reductions in the duration of the post-partum variables due to relative affluence can result in increases in fertility. Planners may do well to encourage women to go back to the use of these traditional child spacing practices in the absence of large scale and effective use of contraceptives.
In: Journal of social sciences: interdisciplinary reflection of contemporary society, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 57-65
ISSN: 2456-6756
In: Signs: journal of women in culture and society, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 299-313
ISSN: 1545-6943
In: Media Watch, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 291-301
Sexual harassment is a recurrent issue in any modern society. The increasing
cases of sexual harassment against women have become a menace in Nigeria.
This study sought to determine the potential place of Yoruba as a form of localized
communication in promoting psychological support on issues of sexual harassment
against women. The study employed development media theory and considered
Hebron FM as an example. Survey method was employed for the study and
instrument of data collection was questionnaire. A sample size of 150 respondents
was selected for the study. The results showed that many of the respondents
believed that the use of Yoruba in broadcasting, aids socio-cultural development
in Ota in Nigeria. Also, the study indicated that 87 per cent of the respondents say
use of Yoruba promotes psychological support on sexual harassment issues against
women.
In: Journal of women & aging: the multidisciplinary quarterly of psychosocial practice, theory, and research, Band 32, Heft 5, S. 491-516
ISSN: 1540-7322
In: The African review: a journal of African politics, development and international affairs, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 55-67
ISSN: 0002-0117, 0856-0056
Der Beitrag untersucht die Probleme der Kinderbetreuung, die aus der vor allem bei den Yoruba in West-Nigeria üblichen Berufstätigkeit der Frau entstehen, und Ansätze zu deren Lösung. Er zeigt die gesellschaftlichen und politischen Aspekte auf und kommt zu dem Schluß, daß eine wirkliche Lösung des Problems für alle Schichten nur in einer veränderten Gesellschaft möglich sei. (DÜI-Gbh)
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In: Journal of developmental entrepreneurship: JDE, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 1350012
ISSN: 1084-9467
Despite the significant contributions of women in economic development nationally, the unrecognized attitude of the government, lack of existing legal framework and policies, vagaries of informal economy and changes in the social–economic landscape have accounted largely for the closure of female enterprises in the informal economy. Using Yoruba female textile traders as a case study because these women have broken the "glass ceiling" and made a success of their textile trading, this paper examined the dynamics of entry and motivations of Yoruba women in textile trading. The paper synthesized Social Capital Theory by Coleman and Social Action Theory by Max Weber to explain the issue. It utilized a qualitative method of data collection. Eight focus group discussions and forty in-depth interviews were used to collect information from the women participants who were purposively chosen. The data reveal that parents, family/kinship members and friends had great influence in the strategic entry of women into textile trading in the Balogun market and the subsequent development of women's entrepreneurial activities. Yoruba female textile traders were motivated into textile trading because of economic and cultural values attached to the trade. This data is essential toward policy formulation for women's entrepreneurial development in the informal economy. This paper argues that any policies implemented for women entrepreneurs in the informal economy must be conceived, formulated and implemented with an in-depth understanding of the nuanced elements in the cultural domain within the social system, which the existing literature has yet to capture.
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 17, S. 123-136
ISSN: 0022-0388
In: Signs: journal of women in culture and society, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 499-503
ISSN: 1545-6943