Dangerous equations? How female-headed households became the poorest of the poor: Causes, consequences and cautions

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Chant, Sylvia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLD; GENDER ISSUE; POVERTY DETERMINANT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 8344282769     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2004.tb00151.x     Document Type: Article

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