Gender, power, and population change

Population Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-46

  Riley, Nancy E ^a  

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ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE ROLE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY--CHANGES; GENDER ISSUES; HUMAN RELATION; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MALE ROLE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY--CHANGES; POLICY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION POLICY; RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUMMARY REPORT; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN'S STATUS;

BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE ROLE; FERTILITY--CHANGES; GENDER ISSUES; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MALE ROLE; MORTALITY--CHANGES; POLICY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION POLICY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUMMARY REPORT; WOMEN'S STATUS;

BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FERTILITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

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