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This collection of papers is derived from a conference held by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Populations. The papers are a combination of original and detailed work on some aspects, and a general review of research so far in other areas. The book is wide-ranging, and explores a variety of ways in which the position of women in a culture affects, or is itself affected by, demographic patterns of population change. In particular many of the papers are concerned with the links between the changing position of women in many cultures and the demographic transition to a situation of low birth and death rates.

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Author:   Nora Federici ,  Karen Oppenheim Mason ,  Solvi Sogner ,  Solvi Sogner (Historical Institute, University of Oslo, Norway)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9780198287926

ISBN 10:   0198287925
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   01 October 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Part 1 Women's position as a cause of demographic change: the impact of women's position on demographic change during the course of development - what do we know?, Karen Oppenhem Mason; reproductive behaviour - patriarchal structure and demographic change, urban women's autonomy and natural fertility in the Sahel region of Africa, changing family ties, women's position and low fertility, the status of women and the position of children - competition or complementarity?; mortality and morbidity - women's position and child mortality and morbidity in less-developed countries, sex differentials in adult mortality in less-developed countries - the evidence and its explanation, the condition of women and the health and mortality of infants and children, social change and mortality decline - women's advantage achieved or regained?, sex inequalities in morbidity and mortality; migration - effects of women's position on their migration, Lin Lean Lim. Part 2 Women's position as an outcome of demographic change: historical features of women's position in society, Solvi Sogner; the effects of fertility, family organization, sex structure of the labour market and technology on the position of women, Helen Ware; ""birds in a cage"" - institutional change and women's position in Bangladesh, Shapan Adnan; labour migration and female-headed households, Pauline Makinwa-Adebusoye; some critical issues - occupational and conjugal inequalities and insecurity - effects on family organization and size, Christine Oppong."

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