ISBN:
0226750574
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 279 p.
,
ill. : 24 cm
Series Statement:
Population and development
DDC:
305.4/096751/12
Keywords:
Geschichte 1955-1990
;
Femmes - Congo (République démocratique) - Kinshasa - Conditions sociales
;
Femmes - Congo (République démocratique) - Kinshasa - Conditions économiques
;
Femmes - Travail - Congo (République démocratique) - Kinshasa
;
Femmes - Éducation - Congo (République démocratique) - Kinshasa
;
Fécondité humaine - Congo (République démocratique) - Kinshasa
;
Erziehung
;
Frau
;
Wirtschaft
;
Fertility, Human
;
Women Education
;
Women Employment
;
Women Economic conditions
;
Women Social conditions
;
Soziale Situation
;
Frau
;
Kinshasa
;
Kinshasa
;
Frau
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte 1955-1990
Abstract:
"In this book, David Shapiro and B. Oleko Tambashe trace the impact of these changes on the lives of women, and their findings add dramatically to the field's limited knowledge of African demographic trends. They find that fertility has declined significantly in Kinshasa since the 1970s, and that women's increasing access to secondary education has played a key role in this decline. Better access to education has also given women greater access to employment opportunities. And by examining the impact of such factors as economic well-being and household demographic composition on the schooling of children, Shapiro and Tambashe reveal how one generation's fertility affects the next generation's education." "This book will be a valuable guide for anyone who wants to understand the complex and ongoing social, demographic, economic, and developmental changes in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa."--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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