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

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr ()

Feminist Economics, 1999, vol. 5, issue 2, 99-103

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Concept Of Poverty; Measurement Of Poverty; Opportunities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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