Men matter: additive and interactive gendered preferences and reproductive behavior in Kenya

Type Journal Article - Demography
Title Men matter: additive and interactive gendered preferences and reproductive behavior in Kenya
Author(s)
Volume 35
Issue 2
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 1998
Page numbers 229-242
URL http://www.springerlink.com/index/F3607141X0627GK6.pdf
Abstract
The extent of men’s roles in reproductive decision-making in Africa is a subject of contention. Despite the volume of work on the roles men play in fertility decisions, there have been few attempts to derive direct empirical estimates of the effect of men’s preferences on reproductive behavior. I employ 1989 and 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys to examine the relative roles of the reproductive preferences of males and females on contraceptive use. Additive and interactive measures of preferences document a significant effect of men’s preferences, which may eclipse women’s preferences. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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