The Status of Women
İÇİNDEKİLERTABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTIONII. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND III. DEFINITIONS OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN IV. SOURCES OF CONFUSION ABOUT THE MEANING OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN The Complexity of Gender Stratification Multiple Locations Demographers' Confusions The Confounding of Class and Gender . Access to vs. Control of Resources V. MEASURING FEMALE STATUS EMPIRICALLY The Problem of Measuring a Poorly Defined Concept The Problem of Context Dependency The Problem of An Appropriate Comparison The Problem of Measures with Multiple Meanings Vı. POSSIBLE CAUSAL PATHS BETWEEN FEMALE STATUS,FERTILITY AND MORTALITY Effects on Mortality Infant and Child Mortality Maternal Mortality Excess Female Child Mortality Summary Effects on Fertility Introduction Supply of Children: Female Age at (First) Marriage Supply of Children: Marital Disruption and Remarriage Supply of Children: Breastfeeding Supply of Children: Summary Demand for Children: Sex Preferences Demand for Children: Value of Children Demand for Children: Costs of Children Demand for Children: Miscellaneous Effects on Desired Family Size Fertility Regulation and Decision-Making: Use of Contraception Fertility Regulation and Decision-Making: Factors Entering into Fertility Decisions Summary: Overall Effects on Fertility RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY BIBLIOGRAPHY  |
