Female-headed households contending with AIDS-related hardship in rural South Africa

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 598-605

  Schatz, Enid ^a,b,d   Madhavan, Sangeetha ^b,c,d   Williams, Jill ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Female headship; Gender; HIV AIDS; Households; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLD; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VULNERABILITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; ORPHANED CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; WELLBEING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79952485969     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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