Kinshasa in transition : women's education, employment, and fertility /
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| Author / Creator: | Shapiro, David, 1946- |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003. |
| Description: | xviii, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Population and development Population and development (Chicago, Ill.) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 2 has original dust jacket. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4886755 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction and Overview
- Part I. Education, Employment, Fertility, and Mortality, 1955-1990: An Overview
- 1. From Leopoldville to Kinshasa
- 2. Education and Employment
- 3. Levels and Trends in Mortality and Fertility
- Part II. Socioeconomic and Proximate Determinants of Fertility
- 4. Ethnicity, Education, and Fertility: 1955-1990
- 5. Family Background and Early Life Course Transitions
- 6. Proximate Determinants of Fertility
- 7. Contraception and Abortion: A Closer Look
- 8. Secondary Education and Fertility Decline
- Part III. Schooling, Extended-Family Solidarity, Employment in the Formal and Informal Sectors, and Migration
- 9. Gender, Poverty, Family Structure, and Investments in Children's Education
- 10. Extended-Family Solidarity: Interhousehold Resource Transfers in Support of Children's Schooling and Child Fostering
- 11. Education and Employment in the Formal and Informal Sectors
- 12. Migration, Education, and Employment
- Part IV. Prospects for Changes in the Future
- 13. Economic Crisis and Further Transitions in Education, Employment, and Fertility
- Appendix
- References
- Index
- Major Ethnic Groups in Kinshasa