marriage and women’s relative bargaining position within the household. Since in developing countries marriage is essentially …As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination in all dimensions of their lives, women lack … universal and generally arranged by the parents, women have little say in the choice of their partner and largely depend on …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare … opportunities outside the home. Frontier women were less likely to report "gainful employment," but among those who did, relatively … more had high-status occupations. Together, these findings integrate contrasting narratives about frontier women …