Women's Position and Demographic Change

Abstract

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.