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Urban-Rural Differences in the Relationship Between Women's Employment and Fertility: A Preliminary study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Aziz Bindary ,
Colin B. Baxter  and
T. H. Hollingsworth
Aziz Bindary
Affiliation:
Egyptian Family Planning Board, Cairo, Department of Economics, University of Surrey, and Department of Social and Economic Research, University of Glasgow
Colin B. Baxter
Affiliation:
Egyptian Family Planning Board, Cairo, Department of Economics, University of Surrey, and Department of Social and Economic Research, University of Glasgow
T. H. Hollingsworth
Affiliation:
Egyptian Family Planning Board, Cairo, Department of Economics, University of Surrey, and Department of Social and Economic Research, University of Glasgow
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Statistical study of data from the Egyptian census for 1960 shows that the child/woman ratio rises with the level of female employment in the rural areas, but falls as the level of employment rises in the urban areas. Subject to confirmation by more detailed methods, it seems that, in urban areas, provision of opportunities for women to work is of major importance in attempting to reduce national fertility levels, but this will have the opposite effect to what is intended in rural areas. Industrial or commercial work opportunities change a woman's pattern of living, and are essential to the permanent lowering of fertility to replacement levels. (Arabic summary, page 167.)

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , April 1973 , pp. 159 - 167
Copyright
Copyright © 1973, Cambridge University Press

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