Les réponses des hommes valent-elles celles des femmes ? Une double collecte sur les questions génésiques et matrimoniales dans une population du Mali
Hertrich (Véronique).- Are men's and women's answers to be equaly trusted? A dual data collection on maternity and fertility issues in a population in Mali In this paper the author compares statements made by men and women respectively in replying to a dual survey about aspects of their married lives and children born in their marriages. Contrary to expectation, men's report on pregnancies which did not result in a live birth were more accurate than those of women, perhaps because women tend not to remember of fail to report events which they regard as failures to conceive. Failure to report the deaths of young children is, on the other hand, more common among men and estimates of mortality derived from their reproductive histories are thus lower than those obtained from an analysis of data reported by women. The trend of men under-reporting is not, however, significant relative to the total number of live births, and does not prevent the constructions of a fairly accurate measure of men's fertility. As regards marriage, information obtained from men tends to be more reliable than that obtained from women : men describe the components of the processes preceding marriage more thoroughly, especially as regards more remote periods. This is probably a reflection of their greater involvement in the marriage process. Women do not get involved in the process until later, and have only a limited knowledge of its implications, so their statements on marriage procedures and their evolution are less satisfactory. The results suggest that family biographies supplied by men are more useful.
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1997
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Authors: | Hertrich, Véronique |
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Population (french edition). - Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED). - Vol. 52.1997, 1, p. 45-61
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Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) |
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