Fecundidad y comportamiento reproductivo en la sierra y selva del Perú
The article attempts to discuss the historical and contemporary situations of populations residing in the two least studied areas of Peru: the Andes mountains and the Amazon basin. The study starts with a review of the 'demographic catastrophe’ that the Spanish presence meant to the people of t...
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1992
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| author | Fort, Alfredo L. |
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| description | The article attempts to discuss the historical and contemporary situations of populations residing in the two least studied areas of Peru: the Andes mountains and the Amazon basin. The study starts with a review of the 'demographic catastrophe’ that the Spanish presence meant to the people of these areas. Hard labour and the spread of new diseases reduced the population sixfold in 30 years, and twenty- three times in a century. The harmful effects of the 'rubber boom' and, more recently, of the 'oil boom', periods are also reviewed.At present, the Amazon area exhibits the highest fertility in the country (6 children per woman), followed closely by the Andes highlands (5.4), both in marked contrast to that of Lima, the capital city (2.5). The rest of the article breaks down this fertility into its three major determinants, marriage, breastfeeding and the use of contraception, following the Bongaarts model, and looks at their relative levels. Such examination reveals a relatively higher level of modern contraceptive use in the Amazon, which is counteracted by an earlier age of union and less breastfeeding than their counterparts in the Andes. These differences are explained in terms of the socio-cultural context prevailing in each setting. Thus, whilst the more liberal attitudes towards sex and modern ideas among the Amazon riverine people are having a net increasing effect on fertility, in the Andes the traditionalist views of their people have kept fertility-inhibiting factors prevalent, such as a relatively later age at marriage and widespread breastfeeding. In the Andes, however, women tend to use more the less effective methods of contraception.Policy implications are derived from these findings and recommendations are put forward for appropriate mch and family planning programmes in these settings. |
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| data_source_entry/ISSN | Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos; Vol. 7 No. 2 (1992): 20-21, May-December; 327-357 Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos; Vol. 7 Núm. 2 (1992): 20-21, mayo-diciembre; 327-357 2448-6515 0186-7210 |
| spelling | oai:oai.estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx:article-8462024-06-24T02:11:21Z Fertility and reproductive behavior in Peru: Andes mountains and the Amazon basin Fecundidad y comportamiento reproductivo en la sierra y selva del Perú Fort, Alfredo L. Perú salud reproductiva fecundidad The article attempts to discuss the historical and contemporary situations of populations residing in the two least studied areas of Peru: the Andes mountains and the Amazon basin. The study starts with a review of the 'demographic catastrophe’ that the Spanish presence meant to the people of these areas. Hard labour and the spread of new diseases reduced the population sixfold in 30 years, and twenty- three times in a century. The harmful effects of the 'rubber boom' and, more recently, of the 'oil boom', periods are also reviewed.At present, the Amazon area exhibits the highest fertility in the country (6 children per woman), followed closely by the Andes highlands (5.4), both in marked contrast to that of Lima, the capital city (2.5). The rest of the article breaks down this fertility into its three major determinants, marriage, breastfeeding and the use of contraception, following the Bongaarts model, and looks at their relative levels. Such examination reveals a relatively higher level of modern contraceptive use in the Amazon, which is counteracted by an earlier age of union and less breastfeeding than their counterparts in the Andes. These differences are explained in terms of the socio-cultural context prevailing in each setting. Thus, whilst the more liberal attitudes towards sex and modern ideas among the Amazon riverine people are having a net increasing effect on fertility, in the Andes the traditionalist views of their people have kept fertility-inhibiting factors prevalent, such as a relatively later age at marriage and widespread breastfeeding. In the Andes, however, women tend to use more the less effective methods of contraception.Policy implications are derived from these findings and recommendations are put forward for appropriate mch and family planning programmes in these settings. El artículo intenta presentar las situaciones históricas y contemporánea de las poblaciones que viven en las dos áreas menos estudiadas del Perú: los Andes y la selva amazónica. El estudio comienza con una revisión de la “catástrofe demográfica” que la presencia hispánica significó para las poblaciones de estas áreas. El trabajo forzado y la diseminación de nuevas enfermedades redujeron la población seis veces en el lapso de 30 años y 23 veces en un siglo. Los efectos nocivos del “boom del caucho” y, más recientemente, del “boom del petróleo” también son revisados.Actualmente, el área amazónica tiene la fecundidad más alta del país (6 hijos por mujer) seguida de cerca por la de la sierra andina (5.4), ambas en marcado contraste con la de Lima, la ciudad capital (2.5). El resto del artículo desagrega estas fecundidades en sus tres principales determinantes: unión conyugal, lactancia materna y uso de anticoncepción, siguiendo el modelo de Bongaarts, y estudia sus niveles relativos. Tal examen revela un nivel relativamente alto de uso anticonceptivo moderno en el Amazonas, el que es contrapuesto por una edad temprana de unión y menos lactancia materna que entre sus contrapartes en los Andes. Estas diferencias son explicadas en términos del contexto sociocultural prevaleciente en cada zona. Así, mientras las actitudes más liberales hacia el sexo y las ideas modernas entre la gente amazónica están produciendo un efecto neto incrementador de la fecundidad, en los Andes, la concepción tradicional de sus habitantes ha mantenido los factores inhibidores de la fecundidad en altos niveles, tales como una edad a la unión relativamente mayor y una extensa lactancia materna. En los Andes, sin embargo, las mujeres tienden a usar con mayor frecuencia los métodos anticonceptivos menos efectivos.Se derivan implicancias de políticas de estos hallazgos, y se proponen recomendaciones para programas materno-infantiles y de planificación familiar más apropiados. El Colegio de México A.C. 1992-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Research Article Artículo de investigación evaluado por pares application/pdf https://estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx/index.php/edu/article/view/846 10.24201/edu.v7i2.846 Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos; Vol. 7 No. 2 (1992): 20-21, May-December; 327-357 Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos; Vol. 7 Núm. 2 (1992): 20-21, mayo-diciembre; 327-357 2448-6515 0186-7210 spa https://estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx/index.php/edu/article/view/846/839 Derechos de autor 1992 Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Perú salud reproductiva fecundidad Fort, Alfredo L. Fecundidad y comportamiento reproductivo en la sierra y selva del Perú |
| title | Fecundidad y comportamiento reproductivo en la sierra y selva del Perú |
| title_alt | Fertility and reproductive behavior in Peru: Andes mountains and the Amazon basin |
| title_full | Fecundidad y comportamiento reproductivo en la sierra y selva del Perú |
| title_fullStr | Fecundidad y comportamiento reproductivo en la sierra y selva del Perú |
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| title_short | Fecundidad y comportamiento reproductivo en la sierra y selva del Perú |
| title_sort | fecundidad y comportamiento reproductivo en la sierra y selva del peru |
| topic | Perú salud reproductiva fecundidad |
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