The links between women’s employment and children at home: Variations in low- and middle-income countries by world region
| Autor: | John Bongaarts, Katharine McCarthy, Ann K. Blanc |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Employment History Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Demographic transition Fertility 01 natural sciences Young Adult 010104 statistics & probability 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Women 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics Child Developing Countries Demography media_common Family Characteristics Age Factors Infant Newborn Infant Middle Aged Demographic analysis Geography Low and middle income countries Child Preschool Female Demographic economics |
| Zdroj: | Population Studies. 73:149-163 |
| ISSN: | 1477-4747 0032-4728 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00324728.2019.1581896 |
| Popis: | As fertility declines in low- and middle-income countries, the time women devote to childbearing and rearing may also be reduced. This shift has been described as one of the positive consequences of the demographic transition, as it opens opportunities for women to pursue educational and employment opportunities that were previously constrained by the demands of bearing and raising children. We estimate the numbers of children residing at home (with their mother) for women in 58 countries in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. We then examine the association between women's employment and having children at home. Finally, we assess trends over recent decades in the relationship between employment and childbearing, and differences in this relationship by mother's occupation. We find a negative association between women's employment and having children at home; this association varies substantially by world region, age of child, and mother's occupation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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