Table of Contents
Introduction: Women, Poverty, and Demographic Change in Developing CountriesPart I: Overview and Critical Issues1. Women, Poverty, and Demographic Change: Some Possible Interrelationships over Time and Space, Alaka Malwade Basu2. Gender Inequality in Two Nepali Settings, Bhanu B. Niraula and S. Phillip MorganPart II: Nuptiality, Fertility, and Abortion Practices by Poverty Status3. Quality of Life and Marital Experiences in Mexico, Orlandina de Oliveira4. Adolescent Women in Buenos Aires: The Influence of Social Class and Gender Images on Reproductive Behaviour, Edith A. Pantelides, Graciela Infesta Dominguez, and Rosa N. Geldstein5. Levels of Childbearing, Contraception, and Abortion in Brazil: Differentials by Poverty Status, Susheela Singh and Mario MonteiroPart III: Strategies to Alleviate Poverty: Women's Extra-Domestic Work and Migration6. Daughters and Wives: Marital Status, Poverty, and Young Women's Employment in Sri Lanka, Anju Malhotra and Deborah S. DeGraff7. Class and Gender in Rural Pakistan: Differentials in Economic Activity, Zeba Sathar and Sonalde Desai8. Female Migration in Relation to Female Labour Force Participation: Implications for the Alleviation of Poverty, Hania Zlotnik9. Women's Status and Demographic Change: The Case of Mexico-US Migration, Katherine M. Donato and Shawn Malia Kanaiupuni10. Household Social Dynamics and the Retention of Rural Population: A Malian Case Study of the Link between Patriarchy and the Sustained Ruralization of Sub-Saharan Africa, Michael TawandaPart IV: Health Care Behviour in the Context of Poverty11. Poverty, Women's Status, and the Utilization of Health Services in Egypt, Pavalavalli Govindasamy12. Maternal Education and Child Health: Evidence and Ideology, Sonalde Desai
