Women, households and change
This is the old United Nations University website. Visit the new site at http://unu.edu
Women, households and change
Edited by
Eleonora Masini and Susan Stratigos
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY PRESS
ã The United Nations University, 1991
The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors
and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations
University.
United Nations University Press
The United Nations University, Toho Seimei Building, 15-1 Shibuya
2-chome,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan
Tel.: (03)3499-2811
Fax: (03)3499-2828
Telex: J25442
Cable: UNATUNIV TOKYO
Typeset by Asco Trade Typesetting Limited, Hong Kong
Printed by Permanent Typesetting and Printing Co. Ltd., Hong Kong
Cover design by Tsuneo Taniuchi
HGA-3/UNUP-766
ISBN 92-808-0766-5
United Nations Sales No. E.91.III.A.3
04500 P
The United Nations University (UNU) is an organ of the United Nations established by the General Assembly in 1972 to be an international community of scholars engaged in research, advanced training, and the dissemination of knowledge related to the pressing global problems of human survival, development, and welfare. Its activities focus mainly on peace and conflict resolution, development in a changing world, and science and technology in relation to human welfare. The University operates through a worldwide network of research and post-graduate training centres, with its planning and co-ordinating headquarters in Tokyo, Japan
The United Nations University Press, the publishing division of the UNU, publishes scholarly books and periodicals in the social sciences, humanities, and pure and applied natural sciences related to the University's research.
Note to the reader from the UNU
The household, gender, and age project
Household and gender in a life-course perspective
Women and households in a changing world
Perspectives
Measurements and methodologies
The nature of change in households
Conclusions
References
The demographic transition in Colombia
Textile workers in Brazil and Argentina: work and household behaviour by gender and age
Determinants of women's employment in Chile: a life-history approach
The impact of macro-events on social structure in Sri Lanka
The impact of economic development on rural women in China
Background
The study
The findings
Conclusions
Atai: a young woman
Ren Zhen Chu: a middle-aged woman
Asman: the Tibetan landlady
Hai Zhang Tou: an old woman who was once a slave
Households and historical change on plantations in Kenya