Lone motherhood in Zimbabwe: The socioeconomic conditions of lone parents and their children

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 161-177

  Moyo, Otrude N ^a   Kawewe, Saliwe M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lone motherhood; Lone mothers; Lone parenthood; Lone parents; Socioeconomic conditions of lone mothers; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; POVERTY; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WELFARE IMPACT; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PUBLIC POLICY; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 61649105247     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802569732     Document Type: Review

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