Marriage, fertility, and women’s agency in Tunisia
Joint Authors
Asad, Ragui
Ghazouani, Samir
Krafft, Caroline
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 1075-1171 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-23, 23 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
23
Main Subjects
Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work
Topics
Abstract EN
Three important interconnected spheres shape women’s lives in Tunisia: marriage, fertility and agency over their lives and those of their families.
This paper focuses on the forces that shape women’s choices and the patterns of their lives and how these choices and patterns have evolved over time.
Specifically, the paper examines marriage decisions, such as whether and at what age women marry and what living arrangements they adopt at marriage.
We also investigate the crucial decisions women and their husbands make vis-à-vis procreation, along with fertility correlates such as age and education level.
Finally, we examine the scope of women’s agency over a variety of decisions, as well as the links between women’s employment and marital status.
Relying on the Tunisia Labor Market Panel Survey (TLMPS) 2014 data, this paper highlights differences between urban and rural areas, different regions in Tunisia, and across women of different socio-economic statuses.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Asad, Ragui& Ghazouani, Samir& Krafft, Caroline. 2017. Marriage, fertility, and women’s agency in Tunisia. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2017, no. 1075-1171, pp.1-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-777136
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Asad, Ragui…[et al.]. Marriage, fertility, and women’s agency in Tunisia. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 1075-1171 (Dec. 2017), pp.1-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-777136
American Medical Association (AMA)
Asad, Ragui& Ghazouani, Samir& Krafft, Caroline. Marriage, fertility, and women’s agency in Tunisia. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 1075-1171, pp.1-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-777136
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 13-23
Record ID
BIM-777136