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  1. WALTERS JP, HARRISON JL
    Med J Malaya, 1959 Dec;14:99-105.
    PMID: 13842715
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage*
  2. Saw SH
    Demography, 1967 Jun;4(2):641-56.
    PMID: 21318676 DOI: 10.2307/2060305
    During the early postwar years up to 1957, the three main races in Malaya - Malays, Chinese, and Indians - experienced some differences in their levels of fertility. The lowest fertility was recorded among the Malays, with Chinese and Indian fertility about 5 percent and 10 percent higher, respectively. The comparatively low fertility of the Malays was owing to the exceptionally high rate of divorce, which meant unstable marriages and shorter periods of exposure to the risk of childbearing.A fairly well-defined pattern of state differences in fertility levels is found to exist in Malaya. Briefly, fertility was on the high side in the northern states of Johore, Malacca, and Negri Sembilan, and on the low side in the northern states of Penanq, Kelantan, Perlis, Kedah, and Trengganu, with the central states of Perak, Selangor, and Pahang in the intermediate position.The usual rural-urban fertility differentials are seen to prevail in Malaya as a whole and in the smaller units at state levels. Finally, the three main races registered higher fertility in rural areas, and the greatest gap between rural and urban rates prevailed among the Chinese.
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  3. Ooi OS
    Med J Malaya, 1971 Mar;25(3):175-81.
    PMID: 4253243
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  4. Wolfers H, Subbiah N, Ariffin Bin Mazurka
    Soc Biol, 1973 Sep;20(3):315-22.
    PMID: 4763761
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  5. Fix AG
    Ann. Hum. Genet., 1974 Jan;37(3):327-32.
    PMID: 4812953
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage*
  6. Teoh JI
    Med J Malaysia, 1974 Mar;28(3):135-42.
    PMID: 4278269
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  7. Fix AG, Lie-injo LE
    Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 1975 Jul;43(1):47-55.
    PMID: 1155591
    Blood samples, demographic and cultural data were collected from seven settlements of Semai Senoi, a swidden farming ethnic group of Malaysia. Three genetic loci (ABO blood group, hereditary ovalcytosis, and hemoglobin) were analyzed in a total sample of 546 individuals. These data indicate a considerable degree of genetic microdifferentiation in this area of the Semai distribution. Parent-offspring birthplace data (analyzed by means of a migration matrix) and settlement histories show that settlements are not strongly isolated. Genetic differences in the study area demonstrate a reasonable correspondence with migration and the history of the settlements. Genetic convergence also occurs through the addition of migrant groups to established populations leading to new patterns of marriage between donor and recipient groups. The genetic structure of the total Semai population through time thus comprises a mosaic of shifiting allele frequencies in a series of semi-isolated local populations.
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  8. Sumithran E
    Cancer, 1977 Apr;39(4):1570-2.
    PMID: 856445
    Cancer of the cervix is exceedingly uncommon in the Malaysian Orang Asli (aborigine), despite the presence of factors associated with an increased risk of developing this malignancy. In only three patients was the diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix established, out of a total of nearly 18,000 female inpatients, admitted to the Gombak Orang Asli Hospital over a 13-year period. Over this same period, 81 female patients were diagnosed as having cancer. Interviews with female Orang Asli patients show the presence of alleged risk factors for cervical cancer, including early age of first intercourse, multiparity and non-circumcision of husbands. The low incidence of cancer of the cervix in this aborigine community may be due to the strict moral code of the Orang Asli, limiting extramarital sexual activity and associated venereal infection.
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  9. Coombs LC, Fernandez D
    Demography, 1978 Feb;15(1):57-73.
    PMID: 631399
    Data from Malaysia on the reproductive goals of husbands and wives are analyzed to determine level of agreement, using new scale measures on preferences for number and sex of children as well as the conventional measure of desired number of children. The level of agreement between husband and wife varies considerably depending on the focus of analysis and the measure of agreement used. Overall aggregate agreement of men and women is high but lower for subgroups of the population, particularly among various ethnic groups. For marital partners, the agreement is much lower, especially on sex preferences. The level observed depends on whether the measure is identity of responses or an index of homogeneity which allows for couple concordance based on chance or common socialization factors. The views about the reproductive goals of one marital partner cannot with confidence be assumed to represent the views of the other.
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage*
  10. Ong HC, Chan WF
    Cancer, 1978 Apr;41(4):1538-42.
    PMID: 639009
    A study of 207 benign ovarian tumors seen at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur between 1968 and 1975 was made to evaluate the clinical features that might be useful in the preoperative differentiation of mucinous cystadenoma, serous cystadenoma, and cystic teratoma of the ovary. This study indicated that the pertinent information included the mean age of the patient, the marital and menstrual status, and the estimated tumor size. The racial background was an additional factor in serous cystadenoma. Features like parity, the location of the tumor, and ABO blood group pattern were of no value in the preoperative differentiation.
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  11. Kim O-k, Shah IH
    Kajok Kyehoek Nonjip, 1979 Nov;6:142-58.
    PMID: 12178433
    PIP: It is generally believed that extended families encourage high fertility, but a review of the theoretical discussions and empirical research examining the relationship between family type and fertility fails to show any support for the customary belief. Nuclear families consist of husband, wife, and their immediate children. The extended family is broadly defined as any group of related persons living together which includes but is larger than the nuclear family. The main theoretical discussions of extended family and fertility are by Davis (1957); Davis and Blake (1956); Lorimer (1954); and Goode (1963; 1964). In the patrilocal extended family, the wife wants to have offspring as early as possible to strengthen the family line and her own status in the household. In a truly joint household the authority of the elders continues after marriage; the reproductive behavior of a couple is subject to their influence. Less intimate or less intense interspousal communication precludes the possibility of discussion on fertility-related problems and family planning. Younger age at marriage and lack of privacy contributes to higher fertility. According to Goode extended family behavior is characterized by more rules for behavior, while nuclear families emphasize the conjugal bond. Since most affinal and consanguineal kin are excluded from day-to-day decisions in the nuclear family there are weaker reciprocal controls.
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage*
  12. Aziz NL
    Bul Keluarga, 1980 May.
    PMID: 12336570
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage*
  13. Arokiasamy JT
    Med J Malaysia, 1980 Sep;35(1):22-7.
    PMID: 7253993
    This is a study of 110 married men as to their attitudes to family planning. Most of the respondents approved of family planning. There is a reluctance to plan families before the first child. more among the Malays than among the Indians. Majority of the respondents [81%] have discussed family planning with their wives, and are also willing to allow their wives to practise family planning. Induced abortion is not favoured by the respondents especially the Malays. Only half the respondents are practising family planning and it appears that the better educated approve as well as practise family planning more than those with less education. A large proportion [89%] of respondents are interested in learning more about family planning.
    Study site: Army Garrison Hospital, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  14. Nair V
    Med J Malaysia, 1980 Sep;35(1):77-85.
    PMID: 7254005
    This was a retrospective study of 177 patients above the age of 45 who were admitted to the Psychiatric Unit, University Hospital Petaling Jaya during the period October 1975 to October 1978. The available socio-demographic and clinical data from the case files were studied. The patients were divided into two groups - those with effective illnesses and those with non-affective illnesses. The differences in socio-demographic background and clinical symptomatology between the two groups and how the data compares with that in other studies was reported. The sick elderly person is an economic and psychological liagility to .his family and society. Absence of illness in the elderly not only fosters their continued independence but also improves the quality of their individual life. Though no definite correlations or conclusions could be arrived at, this study has sought to bring into awareness the necessity of delineating possible illness precipitating stress factors in the social and domestic environment of patients in later life.
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  15. Hirschman C, Fernandez D
    Genus, 1980 Jan-Jun;36(1/2):93-127.
    PMID: 12263330
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  16. Parameshvara Deva M, Kumara Deva M
    Med J Malaysia, 1981 Dec;36(4):259-62.
    PMID: 7334966
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  17. Bach RL
    Int Migr Rev, 1981;15(3):502-21.
    PMID: 12337653
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
  18. Udry JR, Cliquet RL
    Demography, 1982 Feb;19(1):53-63.
    PMID: 7067870
    Recent work with samples of black and white urban American women showed a clear behavioral sequence relating age at menarche to age at first intercourse to age at first birth. This paper shows that the linking of ages at menarche, intercourse, marriage, and first birth is a pattern which occurs in very diverse cultures. We present confirmatory data from the United States, Belgium, and Pakistan, and from Malay and Chinese women in Malaysia. We interpret our findings as indicating a biological process leading to (a) social interpretations of readiness for reproduction, and (b) persisting biological differences between early and late maturing women.
    Matched MeSH terms: Marriage
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