Women-Headed Households

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Women-Headed Households is written by S. Chant and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0230378048 (ISBN 10) and 9780230378049 (ISBN 13).

Households headed by women are a growing presence worldwide. This is the first book to focus on their diversity and dynamics in developing countries. Set within the context of global trends and debates on female household headship, and using case-study material based on interviews with low-income women in Mexico, Costa Rica and the Philippines, the analysis explores the reasons for the formation and increase in women-headed households in different parts of the world, and their capacity for survival in societies where male-headed households are both the norm and ideal.