Ten years ago, 179 countries—including the United States—agreed on a Programme of Action that revolutionized international population policy. In the Programme adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, the notion of " population control " was replaced with a more comprehensive approach to reproductive health, as a means to achieve development and population ...

georgia is a country with a human development index (hdi) score of 0.733. significant deterioration in socio-economic conditions in the 1990s caused serious health problems in the population including oral health. since then, there has not been an epidemiological survey of dental diseases among the adult population in georgia.the pathfinder survey- cluster- stratified method derived by who was ...

impact of economic capital on marital status (case study: behshahr) abstract undoubtedly, the family unit is one of the most important social institutions, having different forms it is known in almost all societies. different factors can affect people’s marital status. the statistical population of this study is married and single men and women, who have been residing in behshahr, iran in summe...

This paper examines the contribution of women’s labour input to productivity and efficiency in crop farming using a large survey dataset of 1,839 households from 16 villages in two agroecological regions of Bangladesh. Results reveal that female labour accounts for a substantial 28% of total labour use (mainly supplied from the family) and contributes significantly to productivity as well as te...

in the last few decades, iran has experienced sharp fertility decline. studies indicate that women have a major role in childbearing; therefore, their empowerment and autonomy will lead to changes in their fertility behavior. this paper examines the relationship between family power structure and fertility behavior in the tehran city. the data is collected from around 400 women in tehran who ar...

objectives: violence is a widespread problem that occurs all over the word among all ages, genders, races, educational level and socio- economic groups.  the aim of this study was to investigate modeling of different processes that could account for the link between experiencing spouse abuse in women and psychology, psychopathology, social and demographic factors. methods: data were gathered th...

in most of the literature, the presence of women in universities is associated with the issue of occupation. in clarifying and explaining this issue the theories of economists on human resources are, often, used. however this article focuses on other aspects of this phenomenon, and evaluates the social and cultural motives of girl’s entrance into universities. the main questions are that based ...

background: short birth intervals have been associated with adverse health outcomes, including infant, child and maternal mortality. objective:  we aimed to investigate the duration and determinants of inter birth intervals among women of reproductive age in yazd, iran. materials and methods:  a cluster sampling technique was used to select 400 ever-married women aged 15-49 years in yazd, islam...

This research challenges prevailing popular ideas about the socalled "informal sector" and questions the very significance of the formal/informal classification. It also suggests an alternative analytical framework which stresses the need to understand the connections between a broad economic and political context and a set of micro socioeconomic arrangements involved in the work arena. In the ...