The impact of male migration on domestic budgeting: Egyptian women striving for an Islamic budgeting pattern

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-98

  Hoodfar, Homa ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; DECISION MAKING; EGYPT; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIGRATION; MOSLEM;

EID: 0031397876     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.28.2.73     Document Type: Article

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