DIVERSITY IN FAMILY PLANNING USE AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS IN GUATEMALA

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
SOFIE DE BROE ◽  
ANDREW HINDE ◽  
ZOË MATTHEWS ◽  
SABU S. PADMADAS
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
The North ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Dhs Surveys ◽  
The Town

This study investigates the ethnic differentials in contraceptive use in the north-eastern Ch’orti area of Guatemala, a region dominated by the Ladino culture. Data come from a household survey and in-depth interviews with service providers carried out in 2001 in the town of Jocotán, and a survey carried out in 1994 in two nearby indigenous villages (aldeas). Descriptive analysis and logistic regression are used to explore the data. Previous DHS surveys have used dress and language to classify ethnic groups. In this paper, an alternative approach based on self-identification is adopted. The results reveal significant differences in contraceptive behaviour among different ethnic groups within the same town and region. The results show that self-identified Ladino women who represented the minority of the population had contraceptive behaviour similar to their counterparts elsewhere in Latin America. The extremely low levels of contraceptive use among indigenous women from the aldeas suggest that the corresponding DHS figures in this region are probably overestimated.

scholarly journals The Belgian Limburg dialect of Hamont

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Verhoeven
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Lexical Tone ◽  
The West ◽  
Unique Position ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
National Border ◽  
The Town ◽  
Eastern Edge

Hamont is a small town located on the north-eastern edge of the Belgian province of Limburg, on the national border with the Netherlands. It is situated about 30 km south of Eindhoven and 15 km west of Weert in the Netherlands. The town has about 13,500 inhabitants. According to Belemans, Kruijsen & Van Keymeulen (1998), the dialect of Hamont belongs to the West Limburg dialects (subclassification: Dommellands). Limburg dialects occupy a unique position among the Belgian and Dutch dialects in that their prosodic system has a lexical tone distinction, which is traditionally referred to as SLEEPTOON ‘dragging tone’ and STOOTTOON ‘push tone’. In line with recent conventions, stoottoon is referred to as Accent 1 and transcribed as superscript 1; sleeptoon is referred to as Accent 2 and is transcribed as superscript 2 (cf. Schmidt 1986).

scholarly journals Mini-review Summary

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ronald Osei Mensah ◽  
Charles Obeel
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Fear Reaction ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Town ◽  
North Eastern Part

This mini review brings to bear a situation that occurred in the rural areas of West Africa where the inhabitants accused others of being responsible for the loss of their genitals. The town of reference is Zorse, which is inhabited by the Kusasi tribe in the North Eastern part of Ghana. Anthropologists and psychologists explain anxiety assault as a fear reaction that emanates from a people’s belief that a person can cause sex organs to vanish or shrink. Charles Mather used ethnography to describe detailed accounts of happenings. This current paper provides a systematic review of happenings based on the information gathered from the script of Mather. It is revealed that the explanations offered are also grounded in bioengineering and psychology.

First Record of the Cornich Blackfish Schedophilus Medusophagus (Pisces: Centrolophidae) Larvae from the Adriatic Sea

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 1035-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakov Dulčić
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The North ◽  
Pelagia Noctiluca ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Town ◽  
North Western ◽  
Mesopelagic Species

The capture of the cornich blackfish, Schedophilus medusophagus, larvae from the Adriatic Sea represents an easterly extension in range of this species, and the first larval record in Adriatic waters.Schedophilus medusophagus Cocco, 1839, is a mesopelagic species from temperate waters of the north-eastern and north-western Atlantic and the western Mediterranean (Bini, 1968; Tortonese, 1975; Haedrich, 1986). The first record of this fish from the Adriatic Sea was reported in 1880 according to Ninni (1912). The second record was during the invasion of medusae Pelagia noctiluca (Malej, 1982; Rottini-Sandrini & Stravisi, 1982; Vučetić, 1982,1983) in Pelješac channel near the town of Korčula-island Koršula (central Adriatic) in 1982 (Onofri, 1986). Ten juvenile specimens, from 10·0 to 20·0cm total length (TL), were collected with medusae at 2m depth. This record Onofri (1986) connected with the ingression of inter-median waters (50–100 m) in the central Adriatic influenced the increase of salinity and temperature in 1982. Jardas (1996) noted that S. medusophagus is a very rare species in the Adriatic Sea.

scholarly journals New research in the sacred zone of the Fabrika Hill in Nea Paphos, Cyprus

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 59-76
Author(s):  
Jolanta Młynarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Building Material ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Joint Project ◽  
Site Development ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Town

New research in the sacred zone of the Fabrika Hill in Nea Paphos, Cyprus The rocky hillock of Fabrika in the north-eastern most part of ancient Nea Paphos, founded during the late 4th century BC, is of key importance for understanding the early phase of the town planning, but at the same time very difficult to be methodically explored. Both its eminent location and geology made it a natural source of building material throughout the ages, greatly hindering any accurate reconstruction of the site development. However, the data collected so far strongly suggest that the arrangement of the southern part of the hill was of a cultic nature. Therefore, on undertaking a joint project with Université d’Avignon, we decided to focus the research on the southern part of the hill where, near the top of an Early Hellenistic theatre, there are rock-cut outlines of atemple possibly devoted to Aphrodite Paphia. During two seasons of field work (2018-2019), we retrieved some important information regarding both an original Hellenistic arrangement of the sacred area and its later (Late Roman/Byzantine and Medieval) use. Some new observations were also made regarding the topographical details of the area.

VARIATIONS IN UNMET NEED FOR CONTRACEPTION IN ZAMBIA: DOES ETHNICITY PLAY A ROLE?

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
EUNICE N. S. IMASIKU ◽  
CLIFFORD O. ODIMEGWU ◽  
SUNDAY A. ADEDINI ◽  
DOROTHY N. ONONOKPONO
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Region Of Residence ◽  
Children Ever Born ◽  
Unmet Need For Contraception

SummaryEthnicity has been found to be a significant indicator of social position, and many studies have also established that ethnicity is a significant determinant of contraceptive use. This study aims to examine whether ethnicity is an important predictor of unmet need for contraception. Analysis was based on data for 4343 ever-married women drawn from the 2007 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey. Descriptive analysis indicates that in all ethnic groups except the Barotse and Tonga, women aged 15–49 years were married at an average age below 18. The highest mean number of children among the ethnic groups was 6.7, among the Bemba; the lowest was 5.9, among the Barotse. The highest proportion of women with an unmet need for contraception resided in the Eastern region. Multivariate logistic analyses reveal that children ever-born and region of residence were the most important predictors of unmet need for spacing, whereas for unmet need for limiting predictors were age at first marriage and partner's desire for children. Moreover, unmet need for spacing and limiting among women with secondary or higher education was significantly lower (47% and 50%, respectively) compared with those with no education. Ethnicity was not a significant predictor of unmet need for contraception. The findings stress the need for programmes aimed at enhancing the socioeconomic status of women.

IV.—Wells of the North-Eastern Sudan

1909 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 311-318
Author(s):  
G. W. Grabham
Keyword(s):  
Research Laboratory ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Chemical Research ◽  
Valley Fill ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Chemical Research Laboratory ◽  
Water Analyses ◽  
The Town ◽  
Eastern Sudan

The necessity of providing a water supply for the town and harbour of Port Sudan has led to an investigation of the district, and some interesting water analyses, relating both to the Valley Fill and to the Maritime Plain, have been made. Through the kindness of Capt. Kennedy, R.E., Director of Public Works, and of Dr. Balfour, Director of the Wellcome Research Laboratories, I am able to quote some of them. The analyses are given on p. 318 and have been made, as indicated, either at the Chemical Research Laboratory, Khartoum, in charge of Dr. Beam (W.R.L., Khartoum), or by Mr. Lucas, Superintendent of the Egyptian Survey Department Laboratory, Cairo (S.D.L., Cairo). A rough map of the district (Fig. 2) shows the positions of the localities from which the samples were obtained.

scholarly journals Octopus stinkhorn Clathrus archeri (Berk.) Dring, an alien stinkhorn fungus (Phallaceae), in north-eastern Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Piętka ◽  
Damian Byk ◽  
Adam Byk
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Fungal Species ◽  
Coniferous Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Baltic Sea Region ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town

Distribution of an alien fungus, octopus stinkhorn Clathrus archeri, has been studied in north-eastern Poland. The closest earlier known localities of this species, situated north of the new ones, were reported near the village of Dymnica (Lębork County) in Poland and near the town of Kartena in Lithuania. Field research was conducted in May–November in 2019-2020 and information from naturalists and foresters was verified, to map this species and draw attention to the problem of appearance of alien fungal species in forests. In the locality where the largest number of basidiomata was found, they were measured every day from 12 October till 2 November 2020: height and width of young ones at the egg phase, height of mature ones, and length of their longest arms. Additionally, arms of individual basidiomata were counted. We have documented 7 localities of C. archeri, including 5 situated in forests and 2 in other habitats. In total, we found 63 basidiomata of this species. In the localities outside forests, basidiomata of C. archeri appeared in places where timber was stored and the soil was covered with sawdust and pieces of bark. The other 5 localities were situated in broadleaved forests with a small proportion of coniferous species. It seems that C. archeri, when moisture level is suitable, finds favourable living conditions in fertile broadleaved forests of north-eastern Poland. It is sometimes re-moved from forest areas (e.g. with wood) to open and urbanized areas. Considering the observed climate change, we can expect a further spread of C. archeri to the north-eastern of Poland and an increase in the number of its localities in the Baltic Sea region. Spore dispersal of this species is facilitated not only by humans but also by insects. No negative impact of C. archeri on wooded habitats was noticed.  Key words: Phallaceae, Clathrus archeri, octopus stinkhorn, alien species, ecology, distribution, forest, Poland

Coal, Rail and Victorians in the South African Veld. The Convergence of Colonial Elites and Finance Capital in the Stormberg Mountains of the Eastern Cape, 1880–1910

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-194
Author(s):  
Pat Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
The South ◽  
Victorian Culture ◽  
Gold Mines ◽  
Class System ◽  
The North ◽  
South African War ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Town

This article investigates an intermediary period in the Cape colony when the largely unknown convergence of British social and industrial capital around coal mining occurred in the Stormberg Mountains of the North Eastern Cape. Within the context of a triangular nexus of mining and its two major clients, the diamond mines at Kimberley and the newly arrived Cape Government Railway, a social coalescence of mainly British immigrants arose in the town of Molteno, exhibiting an distinctly British Victorian culture. This paper also shows how the town became a colonial enclave on the remote periphery of the Cape Colony, utilising a racialised class system, and the ways in which the singularity of Victorian society was emphasised by two surrounding cultures which were alien to the British. After the South African War ended, one of these cultures had begun to take root within the town. When the coal mines were brought to an end by the erratic orders of the Cape Government Railway and its access to superior and cheaper coal from Lewis and Marks at Viljoensdrift in the ZAR and the greater economic pull of the Rand gold mines which diverted labour to the north, this ‘colonial moment’ in the Stormberg was over.

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