A comparison of female- and male-headed households in Tanzania and poverty implications
A comparison of female- and male-headed households in Tanzania and poverty implications
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DOI：
10.1017/s0021932005007169
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发表时间：
2006-05-01
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1.5
通讯作者：
Katapa, R. S.
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作者：
Katapa, R. S.
使用1996年在坦桑尼亚进行的一项人口和健康调查的数据对男女户主家庭进行了比较。卡方检验显示，户主性别与户口、户口大小和组成、电台拥有权、食物是否充足、户主年龄和婚姻状况有高度显著相关。Logit回归模型的分析表明，女性户主家庭比男性户主家庭更有可能在农村地区，规模较小，男性较少，没有收音机，也没有足够的食物。大多数女户主未婚，年龄比男户主大。这意味着，女户主家庭比男户主家庭更贫穷。
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.