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ADOLESCENT TRANSITION TO COITUS AND PREMARITAL CHILDBEARING IN SUDAN: A BIOSOCIAL CONTEXT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1999

SAMUEL C. J. OTOR  and
ARVIND PANDEY
SAMUEL C. J. OTOR
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Foundation, Kenyatta University, PO Box 43844, Nairobi, Kenya
ARVIND PANDEY
Affiliation:
International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, India
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Abstract

This paper examines the biosocial basis of premarital sexual and reproductive behaviour among women in Sudan. It applies Udry's biosocial perspective, which attempts to reconcile the biological and sociological models of premarital sexual and reproductive behaviour. World Fertility Survey (WFS) data were used to study premarital first motherhood. Early puberty was found to be paramount in determining childbearing in a separate biological model, but also in a biosocial model constructed to take account of social controls. This finding suggests that social controls do not influence the biological predisposition to premarital sexual behaviour. However, given the limitations of the WFS data, conclusive evidence must await a more appropriately designed study of reproductive behaviour in Sudan.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , July 1999 , pp. 361 - 374
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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