The Impact of Economic Development on Rural Women in China (UNU, 1993, 85 pages): Note to the reader from the UNU

The Impact of Economic Development on Rural Women in China (UNU, 1993, 85 pages)

		(introductory text...)
		Note to the reader from the UNU
		Preface
		1. Agricultural development and the changing status and roles of rural women in China
		2. The research project
		3. Analysis of the field survey findings
		Conclusions and suggestions for decision makers
		Appendix 1. General survey form
		Appendix 2. Findings from the general survey
		Appendix 3. Quantitative questionnaire
		Appendix 4. Life-history matrix
		Appendix 4. Qualitative questionnaire
		Appendix 6. Time-allocation forms

Note to the reader from the UNU

Analysis of the impact of macro-events on women and the role of women in determining changes in the household is important for a better understanding of society. In conducting such an analysis, the adoption of a life-course approach, both retrospectively and perspectively, is particularly useful as a way to identify changing relationships among individuals within the same household and the long-term implications that these changes have for the structure of society.

On this basis, the Household, Gender, and Age Project of the United Nations University conducted a series of case studies in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Kenya, China, and Sri Lanka between 1983 and 1988. After introducing the context and objectives of the project in China and describing its research activities and the methodology adopted, this volume presents a synthesis of the research results.