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Planning versus fatalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Audrey Chamberlain
Audrey Chamberlain
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Department of Social Studies, University of Leeds
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A study of a group of highly fertile women indicated that the majority tended to adopt a fatalistic approach to having children.

An exploratory attempt to isolate those conditions which might be associated with this type of behaviour included consideration of the women's general attitudes towards planning or not planning their future, in relation to their socio-demographic background. The work represents a first step in developing more useful methods of investigating fatalistic approaches to pregnancy and childbirth.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , January 1976 , pp. 1 - 16
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Copyright © 1976, Cambridge University Press

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