Women's Work And Child Welfare In The Third World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780367217389)

Recent trends in women's work and child survival and development in developing countries raise concerns about the relationship between these two key elements of development. This paper reviews and analyzes the methodology and findings of 50 studies of both women's work and infant feeding practices, and women's work and child nutritional status. Although the pattern of findings is complex and occasionally contradictory, the paper concludes that overall there is little evidence of a negative effect of maternal employment on child nutrition, and therefore no justification for limiting women's labor force participation on the grounds of promoting child welfare.

Author: Joanne Leslie
ISBN-10: 0367217384
ISBN-13: 9780367217389
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2022
Pages: 278
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d