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Demography As an Interdiscipline
This volume draws together some of the pioneer figures in the social science arena who have been working at the margins of demography and other social sciences. These articles show the willingness of the new demography to venture into a variety of other disciplines to better appreciate its own special contributions to the world of interdisciplinary research.
Youth Reproductive and Sexual Health
"The study provides information on key reproductive and sexual health indicators in young women and men age 15-24 in 38 developing countries"--P. xiii.
Maternal Employment and Child Health
As women's labor force participation has risen around the globe, scholarly and policy discourse on the ramifications of this employment growth has intensified. This book explores the links between maternal employment and child health using an international perspective that is grounded in economic theory and rigorous empirical methods. Women's labor-market activity affects child health largely because their paid work raises household income, which strengthens families' abilities to finance healthcare needs and nutritious food; however, time away from children could counteract some of the benefits of higher socioeconomic status that spring from maternal employment. New evidence based on data f...
Understanding Women's Empowerment
"This report examines the distribution and correlates of two different dimensions of the empowerment of currently married women age 15-49 in 23 developing countries"-- P. xv.
Levels and Spread of HIV Seroprevalence and Associated Factors
This report summarizes HIV prevalence and the associations between HIV serostatus and several key characteristics and behaviors of adult women and men in 22 developing countries, using data from nationally representative DHS and AIS surveys conducted between 2001 and 2006. The countries includes are by region: Sub-Saharan Africa: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Latin America and Caribbean: the Dominican Republic, Haiti; Asia: Cambodia, India, Vietnam (the Hi Phong province).
Female Genital Cutting
Includes statistical tables and graphs.
