Female-headed families: A comparative perspective of the Caribbean and the developed world

Gender and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 28-34

  Stuart, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING REGION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLD; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY SIZE; HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD--WOMEN; HOUSEHOLDS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NORTH AMERICA; ONE PARENT FAMILY; SINGLE PARENT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; CARIBBEAN; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD--WOMEN; HOUSEHOLDS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NORTH AMERICA; ONE PARENT FAMILY;

AMERICAS; CARIBBEAN REGION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; NORTH AMERICA; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY;

CARIBBEAN;

EID: 0030473178     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/741922017     Document Type: Review

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