Maternal role rewards, opportunity costs and fertility

Christine. Oppong

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper comprising a literature survey of interrelations between women's social role, maternity and fertility - discusses the social theory background, opportunity cost of children, economic, political, psychic and social status, role rewards, conflicts, etc. Bibliography pp. 35 to 47 and references.

Keywords: women; social role; maternity; fertility.; social theory; children; social status; conflict; femmes; rôle social; maternité; fécondité; mujeres; papel social; maternidad; fecundidad; théorie sociale; enfants; statut social; conflit; teoría social; niños; condición social; conflicto (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 P. pages
Date: 1982
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Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-21, Population and Labour Policies Programme

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