Abstract
Focuses on the inter-relationship between women's labour force participation and the sexual division of labour on the one hand and demographic behavior, especially fertility, on the other in the context of West Africa. Examines linkages between women's roles using data from biographies of women collected in two Ghanaian towns. Highlights the need for new research, e.g. changing patterns of child feeding and child spacing in non-contracepting, agriculturally-based populations. Bibliography.