Culture, the status of women, and demographic behaviour Book

	Preface amd Acknowledgements
	List of Figures
	List of Tables
1	Introduction	1
1.1	Evolving Motivations	6
1.2	The Field Method	11
1.3	Some Field Problems and their Solution	14
2	The Field Area and Its Inhabitants	29
2.1	The Study Area	29
2.2	The Household Described (Including a Note on the Migration Process)	35
2.3	The Woman Described	40
2.4	The Child Described	45
2.5	Discussion	51
3	The Status of Women	52
3.1	The Status of Women Defined	52
3.2	Some Predictors of the Status of Women	54
3.3	Kinship, Marriage, and Women's Economic Roles	55
3.4	Direct Measures of the Status of Women	60
3.5	Discussion	69
4	Fertility	71
4.1	Regional Differentials	72
4.2	Mechanisms	75
(i)	The Initiation of Childbearing	77
(ii)	The Pace of Childbearing	87
(iii)	The Termination of Childbearing	91
4.3	Motivations	95
4.4	Son Preference and Regional Differences in Son Preference	103
4.5	The Men	111
4.6	Discussion	114
5	Infant and Child Mortality	117
5.1	Regional Differentials	118
5.2	Mechanisms	119
(i)	Demographic Factors	121
(ii)	Environmental Contamination	131
(iii)	Nutrient Deficiency	135
(iv)	Injury	143
(v)	Personal Illness Control	143
5.3	Socio-Economic Influences on Child Mortality	159
(i)	Maternal Education	160
(ii)	Maternal Occupation	166
5.4	Discussion	173
6	Sex Differences in Physical Well-Being	182
6.1	Mortality	184
6.2	Nutritional Status	201
6.3	Health Status	212
6.4	Discussion	220
7	Conclusions	225
7.1	Overview of Findings	226
7.2	Some Policy Implications	233
7.3	Discussion	240
	References	246
	Index	261