The implications of the demographic transition for women, girls and gender equality: A review of developing country evidence

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-134

  McNay, Kirsty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

demographic transition; developing; gender; girls; implications; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993699096     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1464993405ps109oa     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. Adnan, S. 1993: ‘Birds in a cage’: institutional changeand women’s position in Bangladesh. In Federici, N., Mason, K. O. and Sogner, S., editors, Women’s position and demographic change. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 285-318.
2. Amin, S. and Cain, M. 1997: The rise of dowry in Bangladesh. In Jones, G. W., Douglas, R. M., Caldwell, J. C. and D’Souza, R. M., editors, The continuing demographic transition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 290-306.
3. Amin, S. and Lloyd, C. B. 2002: Women’s lives and rapid fertility decline: some lessons fromBangladesh and Egypt. Population Research and Policy Review 21, 275-317.
4. Arnold, F. and Roy, T. K. 2002: Sex ratios and sex-selective abortions in India: findings from the 1998-99National Family Health Survey. Paper presented at the Workshop on Sex Ratio of India’s Population, held at the International Institute for PopulationSciences, Mumbai, 10-11 January.
5. Basu, A. M. 1999: Fertility decline and increasing gender imbalance in India, including apossible South Indian turnaround. Development and Change 30, 231-263.
6. Basu, A. M. 2002: Why does education lead to lower fertility? A critical review of some ofthe possibilities. World Development 30, 1779-1790.
7. Bauer, J. 2001: Demographic change, development, and the economic status ofwomen in East Asia. In Mason, A., editor, Population change and economic development in East Asia.Challenges met, opportunities seized. Stanford, CT: Stanford University Press, 359-384.
8. Bhat, P. N. Mari 2002: Returning a favor: reciprocity between female education and fertility in India. World Development 30, 1791-1803.
9. Bhat, P. N. Mari and Halli, S. S. 1999: Demography of brideprice and dowry: causes and consequences of the Indianmarriage squeeze. Population Studies 53, 129-148.
10. Caldwell, J. C., Reddy, P. H. and Caldwell, P. 1982: The causes of demographic change in rural south India: a micro approach. Population and Development Review 8, 689-727.
11. Chen, M. 2000: Perpetual mourning: widowhood in rural India. Oxford and New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
12. Chen, M. and Drèze, J. 1992: Widows and well-being in rural north India. Departmentof Economics Research Programme Paper No. 40. London: London School of Economics.
13. Chesnais, J.-C. 1996: Fertility, family, and social policy in contemporary Western Europe. Population and Development Review 22, 729-739.
14. Croll, E. 2000: Endangered daughters: discrimination and development inAsia. London and New York: Routledge.
15. Croll, E. 2002: Fertility decline, family size and female discrimination: a study ofreproductive management in East and South Asia. Asia-Pacific Population Journal 17, 11-38.
16. Das Gupta, M. 1987: Selective discrimination against female children in rural Punjab, India. Population and Development Review 13, 77-100.
17. Das Gupta, M. 1995: Life course perspectives on women’s autonomy and health outcomes. American Anthropologist 97, 481-491.
18. Das Gupta, M. and Bhat, P. N. Mari 1997: Fertility decline and increased manifestation of sex bias in India. Population Studies 51, 307-315.
19. Dyson, T. 2001a: A partial theory of world development: the neglected role of thedemographic transition in the shaping of modern society. International Journal of Population Geography 7, 1-24.
20. Dyson, T. 2001b: The preliminary demography of the 2001 Census of India. Population and Development Review 27, 341-356.
21. Dyson, T. 2002: On the future of human fertility in India. In United Nations Population Division, United Nations Expert Group oncompleting the fertility transition. New York, 11-14 March 2002. United NationsPopulation Division.
22. Family Health International 1998: Women’s voices, women’s lives: the impactof family planning, a synthesis of findings from the Women’s StudiesProject. Family Health International. Retrieved 6 December 2004 from http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/wsp/synthesis/index.htm
23. Federici, N., Mason, K. O. and Sogner, S. 1993: Women’s position and demographic change. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
24. Fong, V. L. 2002: China’s one-child policy and the empowerment of urban daughters. American Anthropologist 104, 1098-1109.
25. Garenne, M. and Joseph, V. 2002: The timing of the fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa. World Development 30, 1835-1843.
26. Goodkind, D. 1996: On substituting sex preference strategies in East Asia: does prenatal sexselection reduce postnatal discrimination? Population and Development Review 22, 111-125.
27. Gregson, S., Zaba, B. and Hunter, S.-C. 2002: The impact of HIV 1 on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa:causes and consequences. In United Nations Population Division,United Nations Expert Group on completing the fertility transition. New York, 11-14 March 2002. United NationsPopulation Division.
28. Heslop, A. 1999: Ageing and development. Social Development Working PaperNo. 3. London: Social Development Department, DFID.
29. Heslop, A. and Gorman, M. 2002: Chronic poverty and older people in the developingworld. CPRC Working Paper No. 10. Chronic Poverty Research Centre. Retrieved 6 December 2004 from http://www.chronicpoverty.org.pdfs/olderpeople.pdf
30. Hobcraft, J. 1993: Women’s education, child welfare and child survival: a review ofthe evidence. Health Transition Review 3, 159-174.
31. Hussain, A. 2002: Demographic transition in China and its implications. World Development 30, 1823-1834.
32. International Institute for Population Sciences and ORC Macro 2000: National family health survey (NFHS-2) 1998-9: India. Mumbai: International Institute for Population Sciences. Retrieved 6 December 2004 from http://www.nfhsindia.org/india2.html
33. International Labour Office 1996: Economically active population volume 1: Asia. Geneva: International Labour Organization.
34. International Labour Office 2002: Key indicators of the labour market 2001-2002. Geneva: International Labour Organization.
35. Jejeebhoy, S. J. 1995: Women’s education, autonomy, and reproductivebehavior: Experience from developing countries. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
36. Jiang, L. 1995: Changing kinship structure and its implications for old-age support inurban and rural China. Population Studies 49, 127-145.
37. Jones, G. W. 1997: The demise of universal marriage in East and South-EastAsia. In Jones, G. W., Douglas, R. M., Caldwell, J. C. and D’Souza, R. M., editors, The continuing demographic transition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 51-79.
38. Junhong, C. 2001: Prenatal sex determination and sex-selective abortion in rural central China. Population and Development Review 27, 259-282.
39. Kabeer, N. 2000: Inter-generational contracts, demographic transitions and the‘quantity-quality’tradeoff: Parents, children andinvesting in the future. Journal of International Development 12, 463-482.
40. Kelley, A. C. 1996: The consequences of rapid population growth on humanresource development: the case of education. In Ahlburg, D. A., Kelley, A. C. and Mason, K. O., editors, The impact of population growth on well-being in developingcountries. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 67-138.
41. Kim, J.-I. and Lau, J. L. 1994: The sources of economic growth of the East Asian Newly Industrialized Countries. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 8, 235-271.
42. Klasen, S. and Wink, C. 2002: A turning point in gender bias in mortality? An update on the number ofmissing women. Population and Development Review 28, 285-312.
43. Lloyd, C. B., editor 1994: Fertility, family size, and structure: consequences for families and children. Proceedings of a Population Council Seminar New York, 9-10 June 1992. New York: The Population Council.
44. Lloyd, C. B. and Gage-Brandon, A. J. 1994: Does sib-size matter? The implications of family size forchildren’s education in Ghana. In Lloyd, C. B., editor, Fertility, family size, and structure: consequences forfamilies and children. New York: The Population Council. Proceedings of a Population Council Seminar New York, 9-10 June 1992.
45. Lloyd-Sherlock, P. 1997: Old age and urban poverty in the developing world. The shantytowns of Buenos Aires. London: Macmillan.
46. Lloyd-Sherlock, P. 2000: Old age and poverty in developing countries; new policy challenges. World Development 28, 2157-2168.
47. Loudon, I. 1992: Death in childbirth: an international study of maternal careand maternal mortality 1800-1950. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
48. Malhotra, A., Vannemn, R. and Kishor, S. 1995: Fertility, dimensions of patriarchy and development in India. Population and Development Review 21, 281-305.
49. Malhotra, R. and Kabeer, N. 2002: Demographic transition, inter-generational contracts and oldage security: an emerging challenge for social policy in developingcountries. IDS Working Paper No. 157, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.
50. Mason, K. O. 1997: Gender and demographic change; what do we know? In Jones, G. W., Douglas, R. M., Caldwell, J. C. and D’Souza, R. M., editors, The continuing demographic transition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 158-182.
51. McDonald, P. 2000: Gender equity in theories of fertility transition. Population and Development Review 26, 427-439.
52. Mhloyi, M. and Mapfumo, O. 1998: Impact of family planning on women’s participationin the development process. Summary of a report prepared for TheWomen’s Studies Project, Family Health International. University of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 5 September 2004 from http://www.fhi.org/en/wsp/wsfinal/pfds/zim1s.pdf
53. Mier Y Terán, M. 1996: The implications of Mexico’s fertility declinefor women’s participation in the labour force. In Guzmán, J. M., Singh, S., Rodríguez, G. and Panelides, E. A., editors, The fertility transition in Latin America. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
54. Milwertz, C. N. 1997: Accepting population control. Urban Chinese women and theone-child family policy. Nordic Institute of Asian StudiesMonograph Series No. 74. Richmond, VA: Curzon Press.
55. Mita, R. and Simmons, R. 1995: Diffusion of the culture of contraception: program effects on young womenin rural Bangladesh. Studies in Family Planning 26, 1-13.
56. Morgan, S. P., Stash, S., Smith, H. L. and Mason, K. O. 2002: Muslim and non-Muslim differences in female autonomy and fertility:evidence from four Asian countries. Population and Development Review 28, 515-537.
57. Murthi, M. 2002: Fertility change in Asia and Africa. World Development 30, 1769-1778.
58. ORC Macro Various years: Demographic and health surveys. Various countries, ORC Macro. Retrieved 6 December 2004 from http://www.measuredhs.com
59. Potash, B. 1986: Widows in African society: choices and constraints. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
60. Presser, H. B. 2001: A gender perspective for understanding low fertility inpost-transitional societies. In Bulatao, R. A. and Casterline, J. B., editors, Global fertility transition. Supplement to Population andDevelopment Review, 27. New York: Population Council.
61. PROBE Team 1999: Public report on basic education in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
62. Randel, J., German, T. and Ewing, D., editors 1999: The ageing and development report. Poverty,independence and the world’s older people. London: Earthscan.
63. Razavi, S. 2000: Export-oriented employment, poverty, and gender: contestedaccounts. In Razavi, S., editor, Gendered poverty and well-being. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 239-268.
64. Rishyasringa, B. 2000: Social policy and reproductive health. In Ramasubban, R. and Jejeebhoy, S. J., editors, Women’s reproductive health in India. Jaipur and New Delhi: Rawat Publications, 418-445.
65. Säävälä, M. 2001: Fertility and familial power relations: procreation in SouthIndia. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series No.87. Richmond, VA: Curzon Press.
66. Sathar, Z. A. and Casterline, J. B. 1998: The onset of fertility transition in Pakistan. Population and Development Review 24, 773-796.
67. Simmons, R. 1996: Women’s lives in transition: a qualitative analysis of thefertility decline in Bangladesh. Studies in Family Planning 27, 251-268.
68. Swartz, L. 2002: Fertility transition in South Africa. In United Nations Population Division, United Nations Expert Group oncompleting the fertility transition. New York, 11-14 March 2002. United NationsPopulation Division.
69. Taylor, L., Seeley, J. and Kajura, E. 1996: Informal care for illness in rural southwest Uganda: the central role thatwomen play. Health Transition Review 6, 49-56.
70. United Nations Development Programme 2002: Human development report 2002: deepening democracy in afragmented world. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 6 December 2004 from http://www.undp.org/hdr2002
71. United Nations Population Division 2002: World population prospects: the 2002 revision populationdatabase. United Nations. Retrieved 6 December 2004 from http://esa.un.org/unpp
72. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 1998: The state of the world population report. The newgenerations. UNFPA. Retrieved 6 December 2004 from http://www.unfpa.org/swp/1998
73. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 2000: Counting the cost of gender inequality. In UNFPA, State of the world’s population report. Lives together,worlds apart; men and women in a time of change. UNFPA, Retrieved 6 December 2004 from http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2000/english 37-46.
74. Van de Kaa, D. J. 1996: Anchored narratives: the story and findings of half a century of researchinto the determinants of fertility. Population Studies 50, 389-432.
75. Williams, A. and Tumekwase, G. 2001: Multiple impacts of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the aged in rural Uganda. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 16, 221-236.
76. Yi, Z., Vaupel, J. W., Zhenyu, X., Chunyuan, Z. and Yuzhi, L. 2002: Sociodemographic and health profiles of the oldest old in China. Population and Development Review 28, 251-273.