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Improving the accounting of women workers in population censuses : lessons from Latin America

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Based on surveys undertaken in two urban areas and two rural areas in Argentina and Paraguay. Seeks to identify possible sources of under- reporting and tests the adequacy of alternative census procedures.

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  • Wainerman, Catalina., 1992. "Improving the accounting of women workers in population censuses : lessons from Latin America," ILO Working Papers 992858403402676, International Labour Organization.
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