Is There a Feminization of Poverty in Latin America?

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-127

  Medeiros, Marcelo ^a   Costa, Joana ^a  

^a International Poverty Centre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

female headed households; feminization of poverty; gender inequalities; Latin America; poverty

Indexed keywords

FEMINIZATION; GENDER DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; WOMENS STATUS;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 36749002107     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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