Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1975

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Early, John D.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate certain socio-cultural change variables that would discriminate attitudes and behavior in regard to modern methods of fertility control. Married women from a Mayan peasant community were interviewed. Analysis revealed that the socio-cultural change variables as suggested by the literature, were non-discriminatory. A possible explanation for non-discrimination is that these variables directly affect the man more than the woman. Traditionally, fertility control has been the responsibility of the woman by the use of abortion. Therefore, factors that directly affect the woman in the decision to use modern methods appear to discriminate attitudes and behavior. This is the first study of fertility control in these communities, and should be considered a preliminary rather than a definitive study.

Extent

73 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13737

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