Download or read book The Women Of Rural Asia written by Robert Orr Whyte and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1982-04-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study looks at the social and economic status, family and workforce roles, and quality of life of women in the rural sectors of monsoonal and equatorial Asia, from Pakistan to Japan, where life often is characterized by unemployment, underemployment, and poverty.