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Haddad, Lawrence James
Peña, Christine
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This paper presents new evidence on the proportion of women in poverty in ten developing countries. It compares poverty measures for males and females and male- and female-headed households, and investigates the sensitivity of these measures to the use of per-capita and per-adult equivalent units and different definitions of the poverty line.
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Keywords: Gender issues ; Developing countries ; Poverty ; Other versions of this item:
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