[The women in society--a breakthrough? (author's transl)]

The recent changes in the marriage rates and birth rates as evidenced by demographic data demonstrate that these changes are closely related to the capitalistic economic order. The international competition forces the national economies continually to rationalize and to introduce automation. The striving for a secure place of employment leads in the market economy to lay offs and the reduction in new employment, women are confronted with the problems of profession and employment in a way which leads them to exercise more determining influence of the reproductive behaviour than before.