 Women, Work and the Family: Is Southeast Asia Different?Anne Booth Economic History of Developing Regions, 2016, vol. 31, issue 1, 167-197 Abstract: In the literature on women and development, there has been a tendency to view the countries of Southeast Asia as less patriarchal than other parts of Asia. It has also been argued that patterns of female literacy and female employment in the Moslem-majority countries in Southeast Asia are different from those in Moslem-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa. This paper reviews both the historical and contemporary evidence on the role of women in Southeast Asia paying particular attention to four indicators. The first is the extent to which women have been able to obtain employment outside the home. The second is their ability to gain access to at least sufficient education to give them literacy and numeracy. The third concerns their control over when and who they marry, and their fertility within marriage. The fourth concerns the extent to which Southeast Asian societies have been characterized by strong son-preference. The paper discusses whether Southeast Asia is different and the possible reasons for these differences. Date: 2016 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rehdxx:v:31:y:2016:i:1:p:167-197 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2015.1132624 Access Statistics for this article Economic History of Developing Regions is currently edited by Alex Klein and Alfonso Herranz-Loncan More articles in Economic History of Developing Regions from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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