Relationships between women's work and demographic behaviour: some research evidence in West Africa

Oppong, Christine,

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Focuses on the inter-relationship between women's labour force participation and the sexual division of labour on the one hand and demographic behavior, especially fertility, on the other in the context of West Africa. Examines linkages between women's roles using data from biographies of women collected in two Ghanaian towns. Highlights the need for new research, e.g. changing patterns of child feeding and child spacing in non-contracepting, agriculturally-based populations. Bibliography.

Keywords: women workers; labour force participation; fertility.; sexual division of labour; research needs; travailleuses; taux d'activité; fécondité; division du travail basée sur le sexe; besoins en matière de recherche; trabajadoras; tasa de actividad de mano de obra; fecundidad; división del trabajo por sexo; necesidades de investigación (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53 pages
Date: 1991
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Published in WEP 2-21

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