Perception and Problems of Pregnant Women (A Sociological Study of Batulechaur-16,Pokhara)
Date
2017
Authors
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Publisher
Faculty of Sociology
Abstract
This study “Perception and Problems of Pregnant Women” is a sociological study of
pregnant women of Batulechaur-16 of Pokhara. It is an exploratory as well as
descriptive study which was conducted to fulfill the partial requirement for the
Masters’ degree in sociology. The study was conducted on 21 pregnant women of
Batulechaur-16 of Pokhara. Since the total number of pregnant women in the area
couldn’t be found exactly, the sample for the study was selected by using snowball
sampling technique. For the in-depth study, case studies were taken from these 21
respondents which were analyzed qualitatively by using the content of the cases
studies.
By using the theory of Marxism, patriarchy, feminism and self perception the study
tried to find the problems and perceptions of the pregnant women. Only the
qualitative techniques were used to analyze the data but in some region, pie-chart,
histogram and figures are constructed as required. The majority of the respondents
were from Brahmin-Chhetri which covers 52.4 percentages of the respondents where
all of them are from Hindu religion. 42.86 percentages of the respondents were
married with the age-difference of 1-5 years with their husbands where 28.57 each
with the 5-10 and more than 10 years of age-difference with their husbands.
As the study concluded there are some perceptions of the pregnant women that are
found in this study. They are: perceptions towards husband, perceptions towards
family, perceptions towards society and perceptions towards self. The problems of the
pregnant women found in this study are categorized as: problems in the family,
problems related to the society and professional problems. In perceptions towards
husbands there are some perceptions of pregnant women like; physical presence of
husband is important, care and support, economic support, cultural perceptions (Agedifference
in
marriage,
priority
to
son,
and decision
making
role
in
the
family).
In
perceptions
towards
family
it
was
concluded
two
types
of
perceptions
namely;
perceptions
in
nuclear
and
in
joint
family.
Likewise
in
perceptions
towards
society:
behavior
from
neighbors,
difficult
to
adjust
in
the
environment
and bound
to
norms
and values are the perceptions of pregnant women. And at last the women also had
perceptions towards self.
Although the Marxism, theory of Patriarchy and feminism explain the exploitation of
male over female but this study conclude that they are not only dominated by male but
by female also. In some cases, they were not only dominated in economic field but
also to the social as well as cultural aspects. It is also concluded that the pregnancy is
not only considered as the tiresome and barbaric but is considered as gift and
pleasure for the women as well as family and society.
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Keywords
Pregnant women, Maternal health