Are Female-Headed Households More Food Insecure? Evidence from Bangladesh

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 593-605

  Mallick, Debdulal ^a   Rafi, Mohammad ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; female headed households; food security; generalized threshold model; indigenous ethnic group; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLD; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LABOR MARKET; MODELING;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 77049125481     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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