Are female-headed households typically poorer than male-headed households in Nigeria?

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-137

  Oginni, Ayodeji ^a   Ahonsi, Babatunde ^a   Ukwuije, Francis ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Female headed households; Gender; Male headed households; Nigeria; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879437479     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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