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A Comparison of Female-and Male-Headed Households in Tanzania and Poverty Implications

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dc.creator Katapa, R. S.
dc.date 2016-09-21T12:36:19Z
dc.date 2016-09-21T12:36:19Z
dc.date 2006
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T09:13:25Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T09:13:25Z
dc.identifier Katapa, R.S., 2006. A comparison of female-and male-headed households in Tanzania and poverty implications. Journal of Biosocial Science, 38(03), pp.327-339.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3832
dc.identifier 10.1017/S0021932005007169
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3832
dc.description Full text can be accessed at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=428243&fileId=S0021932005007169
dc.description Female- and male-headed households were compared using data from a Demographic and Health Survey conducted in Tanzania in 1996. Chi-squared tests showed that sex of head of household was highly significantly associated with: residence, household size and composition, radio ownership, having enough food to eat, and age and marital status of head of household. An analysis by the logit regression model showed that female-headed households were more likely than male-headed households to be in rural areas, be small, have fewer men, not have radios and not have enough food to eat. The majority of female heads of households were unmarried and older than male heads of households. The implication is that female-headed households are poorer than male-headed households.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Cambridge University Press
dc.title A Comparison of Female-and Male-Headed Households in Tanzania and Poverty Implications
dc.type Journal Article


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