Documentation of women's work in Nigeria: problems and solutions

Pittin, Renée Ilene,

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on data collecting problems regarding the income generating activities and economic role of Hausa Islamic women in Katsina, Nigeria - finds homemaker tasks and family household production to have been ignored or submerged in historical and current censuses, due to biases in sample surveys and men-dominant ideology on research method, etc.; includes a case study. Bibliography and references.

Keywords: data collecting; income generating activities; economic role; Islam.; women; homemaker; family.; household.; production; history; sample; survey.; men; ideology; research method; case study; collecte des données; activités rémunératrices; rôle économique; islam; femmes; recopilación de datos; actividades generadoras de ingresos; papel económico; islam; mujeres; femme au foyer; famille; ménage; production; histoire; échantillon; enquête; hommes; idéologie; méthode de recherche; étude de cas; ama de casa; familia; hogar; producción; historia; muestra; encuesta; hombres; ideología; método de investigación; estudio de casos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 1982
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Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-21, Population and Labour Policies Programme

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