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

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.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko
Published in:	Feminist Economics. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1354-5701. - Vol. 5.1999, 2, p. 99-103
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Journals
Subject:	Concept Of Poverty \| Measurement Of Poverty \| Opportunities

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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