Femak Lahar Force Status and Fert ility in Akaki - a Sub-urban Industrial Town in Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Hailemariam, Assefa( PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gurmu, Eshetu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-10T06:18:46Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:26:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-10T06:18:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:26:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1994-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis focu ses on the relationship between fertility and female labor force status in Akaki town. The study was based on a sample survey of 1475 eligible women belonging to the three female labor force status categories, namely, formal, informal and no work categorid. Women were classified as eligib le if they were aged 15-49. currently married, living with their first husband, fecund and had at least one live birth. The th esis discu sses the sarrpling procedure employed and the quality of data; and examines the interrelationship between fer tility and female labor force status using bi-variate and multi- va riate stat istical techniques of data analysis. Multiple class ification analysis (MeA) and the log linear models were used in the multi-variate analyses. The Bongaarts model was also employed in order to show the interrelationship be tween female labor force status, fertility and some of the proximate variables. Fertility measured by children ever born was treated as the dependent variable and female labor force status (classified into formal, informal and no-work) was treated as the indep'endent variable. Other variables such as age at first marriage, contraceptive use, duration of breast-feeding (in months), education, family type, childhood place of re sidence, husband's income and occupation were used as control. The findings indicate that fertility is inversely related to work of women in the formal labor force status category where as it is positively associated to work of women in the informal labor force status group. No definite relationship between female labor force status and fertil ity was observed in the case of women in the nowork category. Longer birth interval, higher contraceptive use, shorter duration of breast-feeding and lower desired family size were observed for women in the formal sector whi le for women in the informal sector, shorter birth interval, longer lactational period, lower contraceptive use and higher desired fami ly size were observed. Results were not consistent for non-working women . . Finally, the study concluues by suggesti ng some policy implications for intervention in areas of fertility and labor force participation as well as the need for detailed research in the same area. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12550 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Femak Lahar Force Status | en_US |
| dc.title | Femak Lahar Force Status and Fert ility in Akaki - a Sub-urban Industrial Town in Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |