Decapitating the U.S. census bureau's "head of household": Feminist mobilization in the 1970s

Feminist Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 145-158

  Presser, Harriet B ^a  

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Author keywords

Censuses; Feminist mobilization; Head of household

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENSUS; CENSUS METHODS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY SIZE; FEMINISM; HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLDS; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POLITICAL FACTORS; POLITICS; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; CENSUS; CENSUS METHODS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FEMINISM; HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POLITICAL FACTORS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; CENSUSES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMINISM; NORTH AMERICA; POLITICS; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032217107     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457098338356     Document Type: Article

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