X Summary and Recommendations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments IX
3. Contents XI
4. Tables XIII
5. Figures XVII
6. I Introduction 1
7. II Differential Status Ideologies of the Sexes 29
8. III Child-Rearing Practices 37
9. IV Courtship 60
10. V Early Marriage and Consensual Union 87
11. VI Marital Relations 122
12. VII Attitudes toward Fertility: The Fertility Belief System 158
13. VIII Attitudes toward Birth Control 182
14. IX The Dynamics of Birth-Control Use 217
15. X Summary and Recommendations 242
16. Appendix A: Methodology 256
17. Appendix Β: Respondent Characteristics 293
18. Appendix C: The Construction of Indices 297
19. Appendix D: Interview Forms 300
20. Appendix E: Categories for File Index of Selected Quotations 315
21. List of Works Cited 316
22. Index 323