Households Headed by Women: Income, Employment and Household Organization

Households headed by women: income, employment and household organization.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of female-headed households in Pakistan. "[A] sample of 680 working women will be used to analyse the economic situation of households headed by women relative to households headed by men. The paper will compare income levels, household size and composition and employment patterns in the two sets of households. Further, the stu...

Household Composition and Poverty among Female- Headed Households with Children: Differences by Race and Residence*

We examine race and residential variation in the prevalence of female-headed households with children and how household composition is associated with several key economic well-being outcomes using data from the 2000 5% Public Use Microdata Sample of the U.S. Census. Special attention is paid to cohabiting female-headed households with children and those that are headed by a single grandmother ...

women’s headed households and bottlenecks of children socialization (a case study: the householder women supported by tehran municipality organization)

female-headed households and the women in charge of them are one of the most vulnerable chunks of a society, often highly affected by divorces, passing or disability of their husband, drug-abuse of their partner, or immigration of their husbands. that is why this study is focused on bottlenecks of parenting and children socialization for female-headed households, which is divided into five subc...

Nonfarm employment and household income among ethnic minorities in Vietnam

Quality of life of Women heading household covered by Tehran Welfare Organization

Abstract Background and Objectives: The vulnerability of women heading households both at the individual and community levels can lead to decreased quality of life of women. Pressure caused by the single-headed life leads to reduced quality of life. Identifying problems and obstacles in the lives of head women is important in the effective control of problems. The aim of this study was to ...