The Case of Zanzibar, North Unguja, Chaani Masingini Village

Kumiko Sakamoto ()
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Kumiko Sakamoto: Utsunomiya University

Chapter Chapter 6 in Factors Influencing Child Survival in Tanzania, 2020, pp 103-124 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter reports the results of a questionnaire interviewinterview of 95 women in ChaaniChaani Masingini VillageVillage, North UngujaUnguja, ZanzibarZanzibar, on educationEducation, marriageMarriage, family structureFamily structure, livelihoodLivelihood, children, and mutual helpMutual help. According to the results, 26% attended secondary schoolSchool. Women learned about menstruationMenstruation (84%), childbirth (73%), and child-rearing (55%) from their elders and about healthHealth (42%) and nutritionnutrition (36%) from healthHealth facilities. Nearly all of the respondents have been marriedmarried (98%), and most were marriedmarried based on their parents’ decisiondecisions (82%). The average household sizeHousehold size and number of birthsBirth were 5.28 (maximum 13) and 5.98 (maximum 12) respectively. Approximately one-fourth of women (23%) did not farm, and among them, 31% had a farmfarm alone. In addition, 40% had enough foodFood, relatively higher than the other two villagesVillage. Nearly half of the women (43%) made decisiondecisions about the usage of moneyMoney, followed by men and women (31%), and men (21%). Women gave birthBirth at healthHealth facilities (58%) and at home (56%). Nearly half (47%) of the women experienced the loss of a child under five, influenced by family structureFamily structure, and 76% experienced children’s sickness. The majority of the women helped each other raise children. The percentage of death among birthsBirth was 17%.

Keywords: ZanzibarZanzibar; SwahiliSwahili; IslamIslam; U5MRU5MR; Tanzania; Child mortality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7639-9_6

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