title: Foreign workers in Kuwait:  implications for the Kuwaiti labor force.
abstract: An analysis of the foreign population in Kuwait shows that foreign nationals make up 60 percent of the population and 78 percent of the labor force in Kuwait.  The implications of these figures for the Kuwaiti labor force are discussed by analyzing the occupational structures of Kuwaitis and non-Kuwaitis.  "Structural analysis of the labor force indicates that 62 percent of Kuwaiti males are concentrated in administrative and service occupations while their percentage in sales and production work has declined during 1970-80.  This demonstrates the need for reorienting educational/training programs and changing Kuwaiti attitudes towards manual work to ensure the realization of the 'Kuwaitization' process, and balance the nationals with foreign nationals."                                                        mortality has stabilized at relatively high levels and there is resistance to family planning.  The author concludes that the main cause of the stalling of the demographic transition process is to be found in the role of the state and the dynamics of the social structure and that "demographic trends will depend more on the changes in social structure, land reforms, and response of the formal governing system to the needs of the underprivileged sections of the society, rather than on the health and family planning policies."
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D001290:Attitude; D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005298:Fertility; D006076:Government; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D007194:India; D007730:Kuwait; D008877:Middle East; D009026:Mortality; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011203:Poverty; D011287:Prejudice; D011584:Psychology; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D012940:Social Problems; D012942:Social Sciences; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Attitude; Behavior; Demographic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Demographic Transition; Demography; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Fertility; Government; Human Resources; Income; Income Distribution; India; International Migration; Kuwait; Labor Force; Low Income Population; Migration; Mortality; Opposition To Family Planning; Policy; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Theory; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Social Change; Social Class; Social Development; Social Discrimination; Social Policy; Social Problems; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Western Asia