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Seminar on Men, Family Formation and Reproduction

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13-15 May 1998
Organised by the Committee on Gender and Population in collaboration with the Centro de Estudios de Poblacion-CENEP

Scientific Programme

Session 1: Theoretical-Methodological

Reconceptualising the Role of Men in the Post-Cairo Era
Axel Mundigo<

Absent and Problematic Men: Demographic Accounts of Male Reproductive Roles
Margaret E. Greene and Ann E. Biddlecom<

Work among Men in Latin America. Investigation and Practices, Results and Experience
Daniel Cazes

The Implications of the Researcher's Gender in the Construction of Data for Studies on Sexuality and Masculine Reproductive Health
Graciela Infesta Dominguez<

Session 2: Approaching Demographic Research from Men's Perspectives

Some Characteristics of the Reproductive Process of Males
Juan Guillermo Figueroa Perea and Olga Lorena Rojas.<

Problems of Collecting Information from Men in Demographic Surveys: Experience from the 1988 Turkish Population and Health Survey
Turgay unalan<

Men's Reproductive Health: the Impact of Age of Father on Child Survival.
Guillaume Wunsch and Catherine Gourbin<

Session 3: Sexuality

Boys in the Hood, Boys in the Barrio. Exploratory Research on Masculinity, Fatherhood and Attitudes toward Women among Low Income Young Men in Chicago, USA, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gary Barker<

Sexual Contact of Thai Men before and after Marriage
Wassana Im-em<

Representations of Sexual and Preventive Practices in Relation to STD's and HIV/AIDS among Adolescents in Two Poor Neighbourhoods in Lima, Peru: Relationship between Sexual Partners and Gender Representations
Carmen Yon, Oscar Jimenez and Rocio Valverde<

Men's Attitude towards Sexuality and their Sexual Behaviour. Observations from Rural Gujarat
M.E. Khan, Irfan Khan and Nupur Mukerjee <

The Sexuality of the Guatemalan Mam Indians and its Changes with urbanisation
Alfredo Mendez-Dominguez<

Session 4: Men's Life Transitions

The Timing and Synchronisation of Life Course Transitions among Mexican Men
Emilio Parrado<

Transitions to Manhood: Socialisation to Gender Roles and Marriage among Egyptian Adolescent Boys
Barbara Ibrahim, Barbara Mensch and Omaima El Gilaby<

Gender Differences in Attitudes toward Family Size; a Survey of Indian Adolescents
Mayone Stycos<

Male Cohabitation and Marriage in Italy. First Results according to the 1995-96 Fertility and Family Survey
Lisa Francovich<

Session 5: Role of Men in Contraceptive Behaviour (Decision-making)

Demand for Contraception by Sahelian Couples: Are Men's and Women's Expectations Converging? The Cases of Burkina Faso and Mali
Armelle Andro and Véronique Hertrich<

Male Fertility, Contraceptive use and Reproductive Preferences in Latin America: the DHS Experience
Edilberto Loaiza

Does Man Actually Decide in Africa? Couples Strategies about Fertility in Cameroon
Amadou Noumbissi and Jean-Paul Sanderson<

The Husband's Role in Determining whether Contraceptive is used: the Influence of Gender Context in Five Asian Countries
Karen Oppenheim Mason, Philip S. Morgan, Herbert Smith and Sharon Stash<

Session 6: Household Division of Labour, Fatherhood and Child Rearing

Being a Man, Being a Father
Ana Lia Kornblit, Ana Maria Mendes Diz and Monica Petracci

Men and the Family
Catalina Wainerman

Husband's Household Labour and Reproductive Behaviour. Case of Japan
Hachiro Nishioka