Title: Where did all the men go? : female-headed, female-supported households in cross-cultural perspective /
Authors: Mencher, Joan P., 1930-; Okongwu, Anne
Publisher: Westview Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Women heads of households Cross-cultural studies.; Poor women Cross-cultural studies.
Contents: 1. Introduction / Joan P. Mencher and Anne Okongwu -- 2. Poverty Versus "Purse Power": The Political Economy of the Mother-Child Family III / Rae Lesser Blumberg -- 3. An Etic Model for the Scientific Study of the Causes of Matrifocality / Anna Lou Dehavenon -- 4. A Way Out of No Way: Female-Headed Households in Jamaica Reconsidered / Deborah D'Amico -- 5. Caught in the Shift: The Impact of Industrialization on Female-Headed Households in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles / Eva Abraham -- 6. Some Conceptual Issues: Female Single-Parent Families in the United States / Anne Okongwu -- 7. Similarities and Differences: Female-Headed Households in Brazil and Colombia / Mary Garcia Castro -- 8. An Ignored Population: Female-Headed Households Among Refugees in Africa / Nana Apeadu.