Fertility control and population growth among the Maasai

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 15 - Trang 53-66 - 1987
Isaac Sindiga1
1Department of Geography, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

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This paper inquires into the reasons for the comparatively lower fertility and population growth among the Maasai (than among other Kenyan communities, particularly cultivators). It hypothesizes that a number of factors including male elder control of society, sexually transmitted diseases, seasonal food shortages, and general environmental health hazards all act together to suppress fertility. This situation must certainly change with further socioeconomic progress.

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