Les Cahiers de l’IFAS #4: Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Late Marriage and Premarital Fertility in Rural South Africa
A Study on Social Changes and Health Risks Among Young Adults.
Premarital fertility is defined as fertility before the first marriage. The perceptions and attitudes towards premarital fertility reveal social mutations in parental control over adolescent sexuality and in moral standards.
Nevertheless, there is an economic rationale behind the premarital sexual behavior. Women think they can get married or create a financial link with the father and they can get a child support grant. But most of the time the fatherhood is denied and the grant is not perceived which expose the young mother to various social difficulties.
Julien Zwang, 2004, Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Late Marriage and Premarital Fertility in Rural South Africa. A Study on Social Changes and Health Risks Among Young Adults, Johannesburg, IFAS, Les Cahiers de l’IFAS N°4