Women's labor, fertility, and the introduction of modern technology in a rural Maya village

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 499-520

  Kramer, Karen L ^a   McMillan, Garnett P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS--WOMEN; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY DETERMINANTS; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN RESOURCES; LABOR FORCE--WOMEN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL AGE--CHANGES; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PARENT; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL POPULATION--WOMEN; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TECHNOLOGY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS--WOMEN; AMERICAS; BIRTH INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FERTILITY; FERTILITY DETERMINANTS; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; HUMAN RESOURCES; LABOR FORCE--WOMEN; LATIN AMERICA; MATERNAL AGE--CHANGES; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION--WOMEN; TECHNOLOGY; WOMEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; AMERICAS; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FERTILITY; HEALTH MANPOWER; LATIN AMERICA; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; TECHNOLOGY; WOMEN;

EID: 0033290116     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.55.4.3631612     Document Type: Article

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