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

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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.

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  • Oppong, Christine,, 1991. "Relationships between women's work and demographic behaviour : some research evidence in West Africa," ILO Working Papers 992820853402676, International Labour Organization.
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    1. Oppong, Christine. & Abu, Katharine., 1984. "Changing maternal role of Ghanaian women; impacts of education, migration and employment," ILO Working Papers 992287983402676, International Labour Organization.
    2. Whitehead A., 1990. "Wives and mothers: female farmers in Africa," ILO Working Papers 992742183402676, International Labour Organization.
    3. Bledsoe, Caroline H. & Ewbank, Douglas C. & Isiugo-Abanihe, Uche C., 1988. "The effect of child fostering on feeding practices and access to health services in rural Sierra Leone," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 27(6), pages 627-636, January.
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