Sex roles, population, and development in West Africa : policy-related studies on work and demographic issues / edited by Christine Oppong
1987, First Edition. Portsmouth, N.H. London : Heinemann ; J. Currey. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390534
ISBN: 0852554001
Physical description: xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index.
Contents: Women's work. Documentation of women's work in Nigeria : problems and solutions / Renée Pittin ; Women in Bamako : activities and relations / René Wéry -- Fertility, parenthood and development: Yoruba experiences. Family size preferences and fertility in South-Western Nigeria / Ghazi M. Farooq, Ita I. Ekanem and Sina Ojelade ; Values and costs of daughters and sons to Yoruba mothers and fathers / Oyetunji Orubuloye ; Creole and Yoruba households and family size / Lawrence A. Adeokun ; Women in a maize storage co-operative in Nigeria : family planning, credit and technological change / Patricia Ladipo ; Urban Yoruba mothers : at home and at work / Catherine di Domenico, Lee de Cola and Jennifer Leishman -- Population policies, family planning and family life education: Ghanaian lessons. Family and family planning in Southern Ghana / Wolf Bleek ; Teenage pregnancies and school drop-outs : the relevance of family life education and vocational training to girls' employment opportunities / Felix Odei Akuffo ; Responsible fatherhood and birth planning / Christine Oppong -- Government plans and development policies. Government policy and rural women's work in Sierra Leone / Franklyn Lisk and Yvette Stevens ; Urban women's roles and Nigerian government development strategies / Eleanor R. Fapohunda ; The Ghana National Council on Women and Development : an example of concerted action / Florence Abena Dolphyne.
Subjects: Women Employment Africa, West ; Case studies. Women in development Africa, West ; Case studies. Manpower policy Africa, West ; Case studies. Fertility, Human Africa, West ; Case studies.
Birth control Africa, West ; Case studies. Femmes Travail Afrique occidentale Cas, Étude de. Femmes dans le développement Afrique occidentale Cas, Étude de. Birth control.
Fertility, Human. Manpower policy. Population policy.
Women Employment.
Women in development.
Women Employment Africa, West ; Case studies.
Manpower policy Africa, West ; Case studies.
Fertility, Human Africa, West ; Case studies.
Birth control Africa, West ; Case studies. Women in development Africa, West ; Case studies. Women Employment Africa, West.
Women in development Africa, West. Manpower policy Africa, West.
Fertility, Human Africa, West. Birth control Africa, West. Women Employment Africa, West. Manpower policy Africa, West.
Fertility, Human Africa, West. Women Employment Africa, West ; Case studies.
Women in development Africa, West ; Case studies.
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