Fertility and Household Labour in Tanzania: Demography, Economy, and Society in Rufiji District, c. 1870-1986

by Matthew Lockwood

Overview

Combining demography, history, and sociology, this book offers a new methodology for the study of African fertility and a new definition of the role of household demography in agrarian economies. It provides a useful perspective on the ways in which human reproduction both reflects upon and reacts with the reproduction trends of society and economy in coastal Tanzania. Part I asserts a political economy of changing fertility; Part II studies the implications of demographic patterns for people's work-loads and economic fortunes at the individual and household levels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198287544
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/04/1998
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	1370L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of Sussex

Table of Contents

List of Figures. List of Tables. Abbreviations. Introduction. PART I. Introduction to Part I. 1. The Historical Demography of Coastal Tanzania. 2. The Proximate Determinants of Fertility. Appendix 2.1: Calculation of the Bongaarts and Potter Indices. 3. The Historical Roots of a Fertility Regime. 4. Twentieth-Century Transformations. 5. Interpretations of Change. PART II. Introduction to Part II. 6. Labour and Land in Mng'aru. 7. Inequality and Accumulation in Mng'ary: Norms and Patterns. 9. Household Demography and Patterns of Work. Conclusion. References. Index.