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What Does Feminization Of Poverty Mean? It Isn't Just Lack Of Income

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Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

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This paper challenges the use of poverty incidence among female-headed households as a measure of feminization of poverty. It proposes an alternative framework of human poverty, focusing not on incomes but on human outcomes in terms of choices and opportunities that a person faces.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Feminist Economics.

Volume (Year): 5 (1999)
Issue (Month): 2 (July)
Pages: 99-103
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Keywords: Concept Of Poverty Measurement Of Poverty Opportunities

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  1. Elizabeth Durbin, 1999. "Towards A Gendered Human Poverty Measure," Feminist Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 5(2), pages 105-108, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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