Women's status and fertility transition in China in the 1980's : integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches /
1989 and the change of TFR from 1981 to 1989 are used to
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1996.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | 1989 and the change of TFR from 1981 to 1989 are used to accessibility to modem knowledge, the prevalence of the approach of this thesis will outline why and how women's approaches are used in this thesis to investigate the impacts autonomy on age of marriage. Total fertility rate (TFR) in autonomy. The four aspects of female autonomy are examined by measuring women's economic independence from men, women's change. Some of the cultural effects, like the value of children as security assets in the society, and women's roles China. Women's status in this study refers to female cultural evidence in this thesis support my hypotheses and hindered the improvement of women's status, are also in China, are discussed. Both quantitative and qualitative in the process of changing the patriarchal family structure increase in women's economic and educational levels, but, institution of gender and in social norms, both of which have marriage have negative relationships with fertility more importantly, it also means that changes in the social necessary. of women's status on fertility behavior. The statistical and patriarchal family structure in the society, and female's promotes, "more children more happiness". This study also represent the fertility level in the 1980s. The theoretical respectively. The unpopularity of the patriarchal family show that women's autonomy in economy, education, and shows that improving women's status not only means an status affects fertility and will give special attention to status, affect fertility in the 1980s across the provinces of structure in the society helps to emancipate women from the situations and the change in the social institutions This thesis analyzes how women's status, and change in traditional values of kinship power and son preference which which related to women's status that lead to fertility |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Sociology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 90 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |