Abstract
This paper examines the emergence of fertility control among Irish Travellers with a focus on its wider cultural and inter-personal implications. Relying on unstructured interviews and participant observation conducted among Traveller women, this emergence is located in the context of another development, the rise of an ideal family size. Traveller women's uptake of and attitudes towards contraception are analysed and their perceptions of their husbands' resistance to fertility control is documented. The findings highlight the role of gender in cultural change among travellers.
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