title: Demographic and socio-economic status of women in different family structures in a rural area of south India.
abstract: The authors study "women's demographic and socio-economic position in different family types...[using data] from a sample survey conducted in a rural area of Tamil Nadu [India] during May and June of 1988....Comparison of demographic characteristics of ever-married women in the reproductive age, such as marital status, age, marriage duration, age at marriage and living children, and socio-economic characteristics, such as educational status, occupational status, per capita annual income of the family and number of rooms in the house, is made between family types."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005191:Family Characteristics; D007194:India; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012424:Rural Population; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Asia; Currently Married--women; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; India; Marital Status; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Rural Population; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status--women; Southern Asia; Women's Status