Planning versus fatalism
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Biosocial Science
- Vol. 8 (1) , 1-16
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932000010403
Abstract
A study of a group of highly fertile women indicated that the majority tended to adopt a fatalistic approach to having children.An exploratory attempt to isolate those conditions which might be associated with this type of behaviour included consideration of the women's general attitudes towards planning or not planning their future, in relation to their socio-demographic background. The work represents a first step in developing more useful methods of investigating fatalistic approaches to pregnancy and childbirth.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- FAMILY POVERTYThe Lancet, 1971