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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Female headed households"”.
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Pinpointing production constraints faced by female-headed households in rural Malawi
… study, an econometric model for testing whether female-headed households face unique constraints to maize production in Malawi is presented. A simulation is performed on the first-order equations of smallholder maize production functions and predicted marginal products are tested against observed …
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The impact of female-headed households on schooling outcomes in the Mbonambi Area
… to the schooling outcomes of children raised in female headed households in rural areas. Some studies have found that children from female headed households may experience better schooling outcomes, but high levels of poverty and inequality often prevent female heads from acting on their …
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Heterogeneity and Female-Headed Households in Sri Lanka: Vulnerability and Resilience in a Transitional Development Society
Since the 1970s, female-headed households (FHHs) in developing countries have often been used in development literature as a proxy for poverty and vulnerability. In reality the profile of women-headed households is diverse; they include, at the least, rich and poor women, aged widows as well as …
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Household economies of low-income, African female-headed households in Khayelitsha: intergenerational support, negotiation and conflict
Low-income, African female-headed households represent a large segment of households in South Africa. Despite this, little is known about how financial and non-financial resources are provided, controlled and used within these households. Less is known about how these dynamics shape …
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The Role of Female Headed Households Caring for Children and No Spouse in Gentrification in Los Angeles
… prices and rents. Most cost and rent burdened households are female-headed households caring for children without a spouse (FHHCCNS) (Colburn and Allen, 2018). Given there is a lack of literature describing the role of gender in gentrification, this descriptive study aims to describe the …
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Food security and poverty reduction programmes: the experience of female headed households in a Cape Town community
Living in impoverished urban areas, female headed households are most vulnerable to food insecurity. In order to reduce the risk and abate the experience of household food insecurity, civil society (NGO) and government have established numerous poverty reduction programmes and initiatives. However, …
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Gentrification and female headed households: tenure, migration and occupational characteristics of two neighborhoods in Raleigh, North Carolina, 1970-1980
The purpose of this study was to determine if female householders were disproportionately represented among all householders in older, urban neighborhoods, and disproportionately displaced when these neighborhoods underwent gentrification. Two neighborhoods, Oakwood and Boylan Heights, in Raleigh, …
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An investigation into food security among female-headed households in Kenya : a case of VOI division in Taita-Taveta county
… is an investigation into food security among female-headed households in Kenya, focusing on Voi Division in Taita-Taveta County as the case for the study. The study was guided by the Ecological Systems perspective by Urie Bronfenbrenner, (1979). In the Millennium Development Goals term …
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Understanding Food Stamp Program Participation Among Female-Headed Households: Has It Been Affected By Participation In The AFDC/TANF Program?
… sharp drops among non-metropolitan single female-headed families with children (SFHFwC) after welfare reform in 1996. There is concern that leaving welfare program has led to nonparticipation in food stamp program due to multiple reasons. This study conducts an empirical analysis of …
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Household livelihood: the church's coping strategies against the impact of HIV and AIDS on the female-headed households in the KwaDlangezwa Area
… in mitigating the impact of HiV and AIDS on the female-headed households in KwaDalngezwa. This is considered through the use of livelihood activities. The first chapter gives an overview of the whole research. The chapter shows the essence and importance of the research. In chapter two is the …
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A Study of Return Migrant Well-Being: The Difference Between Male- and Female-Headed Mexican Households
Finally, male-headed households benefit more from migration than female-headed households. Migration variables had few significant associations with the well-being of female-headed households.
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Socioeconomic Determinants of Marital Dissolution in Puerto Rico
The formation of female-headed households with their high rate of poverty is one of the consequences of marital instability. This study examines the socioeconomic determinants of the probability of marital dissolution from legal and consensual marriages in Puerto Rico, and hence the formation of …
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New Economics of Venture Capitalism? Assessing the Role of Remittances on Household Entrepreneurship
… Household Survey 2019-2020 covering 11,434 households. Analysis is made using a bivariate Probit estimation technique on overall households, as well as female-headed households, who often make up the majority of microenterprise owners and need capital to survive. By using household data, …
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Feminization of poverty within rural households of Thulamela Municipality in South Africa
… into it. Most of the studies have revealed that female-headed households are poorer than the male-headed ones. However, two major conceptual and methodological weaknesses are evident in the studies, viz.: presenting different types of female-headed households as a homogeneous mass with the …
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Smallholder agriculture and food and nutrition security: a study from south-eastern Tigray, Ethiopia
… of the economy of Tigray, northern Ethiopia. Households located in the food insecure south-eastern zone rely on agriculture for their livelihood. Supplementary income is obtained from a range of off/non-farm activities. Households in the area consume a restricted diet, dominated by cereals. …
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Essays on Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries
… on household consumption is larger for rural and female-headed households and we also find some evidence that head educational attainment could affect consumption patterns, where additional schooling leads to slightly lower consumption share in food and higher share in non-durable goods. Chapter 2 …
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Lifting the Shadow: An Analysis of Demographic Characteristics of Maltreating Parents and Heads-of-Households With Children in Care
… Children and Family Services. Data on heads of households with children in care in Illinois on Feb. 28, 1990 (n = 8535) were compared to data on all maltreating parents in Illinois in 1988 (n = 23,764) and to census data. Data on heads of households with children in care included race, sex, age, …
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Economic consequences for households of illness and of paying health care in Zimbabwe: A case study
… this study determines the strategies that households employ to cope with the financial burden of OOP payments in Zimbabwe. Data was collected from 499 households in Harare urban and Seke rural districts of Zimbabwe. Total monthly household OOP health expenditure was defined as …
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Factors affecting recidivism at a transitional shelter for the homeless
… recidivism (shelter reentry) among two-parent households, female-headed households, and single women, through a study of selected households utilizing a transitional shelter for the homeless in Las Vegas, Nevada. The paper touches on the history of homelessness in America, and explores some of …
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Climate Variability and Farm-households in the Sudan Savannah Zone of Ghana
… is ample evidence suggesting that rural farm-households in the SSZ of the country, will continue to bear the brunt of climate-induced impacts, which may include devastated crop production and a major threat to natural resource-based livelihoods. In the face of these expected impacts, there is …
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