title: Changing gender roles of Egyptian females.
abstract: A high population growth rate in the Middle East is prompting investigators to look for cultural conditions and attitudes that can be encouraged to facilitate lower fertility rates.  Population researchers find an inverse relationship between the educational level of females and their fertility, especially in Third World countries.  This suggests that education can become an internal cultural mechanism for population control.  The author explores this notion using data collected from interviews with 750 teenage girls and their mothers in Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gulick
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000352:Africa, Northern; D001519:Behavior; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004534:Egypt; D005298:Fertility; D008877:Middle East; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012919:Social Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Africa; Arab Countries; Behavior--women; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Egypt; Female Role; Fertility; Mediterranean Countries; Northern Africa; Population Characteristics; Social Behavior--women; Socioeconomic Factors; Women's Status