Reproductive Health Behavior and Decision-Making of Muslim Women, 15: An Ethnographic Study in a Low-Income Community in Urban North India

by Weigl

As a consequence of the politicization of religion in India, the study of Islam in fertility is a highly sensitive issue. How do Muslim women make decisions relating to their fertility and practice of contraception? How do factors as socio-cultural norms, socioeconomic constraints, national family planning policies, and Islamic legal tenets affect women's reproductive health behavior? This ethnographic study answers these questions by analyzing the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3643107706
• ISBN13: 9783643107701
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Lit Verlag
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"