SOCIOCULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF INFERTILITY: INSIGHTS FROM A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF INFERTILE INDIVIDUALS

Iwelumor, Oluwakemi Shade and Jamaludin, Shariffah Suraya Syed and Babatunde, Kunle Seun and Hayat, Muhammed Farhat (2019) SOCIOCULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF INFERTILITY: INSIGHTS FROM A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF INFERTILE INDIVIDUALS. Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences, 4 (2). pp. 165-167.

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Abstract

This article is premised on the notion that infertility is a subjective construct that individuals employ to make meaning of their experiences (Greil & McQuillan, 2010). The study explored the sociocultural meaning and perceived causes of infertility among married women and men experiencing primary infertility in Kwara South, Nigeria. Results from the study showed that the bases of understanding infertility are engrained in culture. Infertility is broadly defined in the range of lack of conception and inability to achieve a live birth which is described as barrenness and childlessness respectively. It is also defined as a major life problem: defeat of the purpose of creation and/or marriage. Cultural and spiritual factors were exalted as primary causes of infertility. These include lifestyle choices or habits (waywardness/promiscuity, alcoholism, substance abuse and diet); beliefs on rape, dirtiness, abortion, wrong mate selection, and spiritual oppression, trial and punishment from God.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Depositing User:	OLUWAKEMI BABATUNDE
Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2021 13:06
Last Modified:	24 Jun 2021 13:06
URI:	https://eprints.lmu.edu.ng/id/eprint/2949

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