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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Women, Work and Reproduction in Karachi
Contributor:
Sathar, Zeba A.;
Kazi, Shahnaz
Published:
The Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1990
Published in:
International Family Planning Perspectives, 16 (1990) 2, Seite 66-80
Language:
English
ISSN:
0190-3187
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
A survey of 1,000 women in Karachi was undertaken to measure the effect of both education and employment on women's fertility and status (their relative autonomy within the family and perceived economic independence). Results show that women's status improves with 10 or more years of education and with employment in professional or other salaried positions outside the home; however, having less than 10 years of schooling and working in low-paying service sector jobs or in income-earning activities at home shows little effect. Employment in professional or higher paying jobs appeared to have more effect than education on lowering women's fertility in the five years prior to the survey.