BACKGROUND Demographic discourse is replete with concern over Africa’s high population, with implications that are disturbing for African culture and development. However, the gap in demographic knowledge creation and other unequal socioeconomic dynamics impede the development of emic African demographic perspectives. Moreover, there is a supposition that population growth is in compliance with the demand for children for farming purposes in Africa. OBJECTIVE The objective of this work is to explore fertility motivations among Yorùbá farmers, while being sensitive to generational and gender specificities. METHODS This is qualitative research that explores, interprets, and describes the narratives of the participants. The data were collected from 12 focus group discussions, 24 in-depth interviews, and 8 key-informant interviews, and analysed inductively. RESULTS The results find an extensive pecuniary motivation for fertility reduction. The economic cost of raising children hinders fertility in southwestern Nigeria such that it is converging with the global low fertility regime. Anxiety regarding the inability to meet the financial obligations of childbearing is also reflected in scriptural justifications for pecuniary considerations regarding fertility change. Women farmers are found to be especially affected by economic demands in fertility change. CONTRIBUTION The paper expounds the rational and adaptive character of fertility in a sub-Saharan African culture and vindicates the Caldwellian theory of wealth flows. The findings show that in this population attitudes and experiences are optimal for low fertility. 1 Federal College of Forestry, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria. Email: fausatibrahim@gmail.com. Ibrahim: The role of financial obligations in fertility change among Yorùbá farmers of southwestern Nigeria 746 https://www.demographic-research.org

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“每个人都在努力避免承担责任”尼日利亚西南部约鲁巴州农民在生育率变化中金融义务的减弱作用

背景技术人口论语充斥着对非洲人口众多的担忧，其影响正困扰着非洲的文化和发展。但是，人口知识创造和其他不平等的社会经济动力之间的差距阻碍了非洲特有人口统计学观点的发展。此外，有一种假设是，非洲的人口增长符合对以耕作为目的的儿童的需求。目的这项工作的目的是探索约鲁巴农民的生育动机，同时对世代和性别特征敏感。方法这是定性研究，旨在探索，解释和描述参与者的叙述。这些数据是从12个焦点小组讨论，24个深度访谈和8个关键信息访谈中收集的，并归纳分析。结果结果发现了减少生育力的广泛金钱动机。抚养子女的经济成本阻碍了尼日利亚西南部的生育，因此正与全球低生育率制度趋于一致。关于无法生育的经济义务的焦虑也反映在关于生育率变化的金钱考虑的圣经论据上。发现女性农民尤其受到生育变化中经济需求的影响。贡献本文阐述了撒哈拉以南非洲文化中生育力的合理性和适应性，并证明了考德威尔式的财富流动理论。研究结果表明，在这种人群中，态度和经验是低生育率的最佳选择。1联邦林业学院，尼日利亚林业研究所，尼日利亚伊巴丹。电子邮件：fausatibrahim@gmail.com。易卜拉欣：尼日利亚西南部约鲁巴州农民中金融义务在生育率变化中的作用746 https://www.demographic-research.org