Modernisation, Status of Women and Fertility

Abstract

Status literally means position in relation to others. The status enjoyed by women in any society is an index of the standard of its social organisation. Traditionally, while women perform the major roles of reproduction, the household and so on, in recent times, many new roles have been added on. The term 'status of women'
then would denote not only a conjunction of the rights and duties but also the degree of her subordination in the home, education, economic status, role in decision making in family affairs, and her self-perceived status in the home and in the community.