Decision-Making Process around Teenage Motherhood

Miriam Müller

ISBN 10: 3658287748 / ISBN 13: 9783658287740

Published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Dez 2019, 2019

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Neuware -The objective of this study is to understand the perceptions, beliefs, and influencing factors that may lead to different fertility outcomes among young women in Nicaragua, a country with one of the highest adolescent fertility rates in Latin America. The results are based on qualitative data collected in urban areas. Miriam Müller reveals that two structural constraints affect women¿s choices and their capacity to actively participate in defining their life paths: poverty and traditional gender norms.This book contributes to the discussion of intergenerational transmission of poverty by disentangling the mechanisms behind decision-making around teenage motherhood and by describing the consequences of these decisions.Springer VS in Springer Science + Business Media, Abraham-Lincoln-Straße 46, 65189 Wiesbaden 340 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decision-Making Process around Teenage Motherhood
• Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Dez 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658287748
• ISBN 13: 9783658287740
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 19D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 441 grams

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Synopsis

The objective of this study is to understand the perceptions, beliefs, and influencing factors that may lead to different fertility outcomes among young women in Nicaragua, a country with one of the highest adolescent fertility rates in Latin America. The results are based on qualitative data collected in urban areas. Miriam Müller reveals that two structural constraints affect women’s choices and their capacity to actively participate in defining their life paths: poverty and traditional gender norms.This book contributes to the discussion of intergenerational transmission of poverty by disentangling the mechanisms behind decision-making around teenage motherhood and by describing the consequences of these decisions.

About the Author

Dr. Miriam Müller is a sociologist working on gender and development. She has worked in Asia, Latin America and Africa and focuses on qualitative research.