"This study is one of a series of publications arising out of the Population and Employment Project of the World Employment Programme."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-261) and index

Foreward -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Patterns of labour force participation -- 2. Concepts of labour force participation and under-utilisation -- 3. Income, wages and participation -- 4. Poverty, health and malnutrition -- 5. Discouraged workers and additional workers : the inter-relationships between unemployment and labour force participation -- 6. The impact of education on participation -- 7. Fertility and female labour force participation -- 8. Migration, urbanization and labour force participation -- 9. Concluding remarks