Doctoral Dissertation Research in Geography and Regional Science

来自发展中国家的数据显示出很强的相关性 妇女担任户主与贫穷之间的关系，主要是由于 妇女的社会地位。 家庭成员直接遭受 贫困的影响，如营养不良、疾病和暴力， 他们常常被迫放弃学业去工作。 对 另一方面，对周边国家的研究表明， 妇女的收入更多地用于家庭需要， 平均分配家务， 国内环境。 这就引发了关于 女户主对妇女和家庭贫穷的影响。 这个项目将涉及对联系的比较研究 妇女和贫困之间的关系 它将审查 妇女担任领导职务的情况， 这些家庭陷入或脱离家庭的机制 贫困 将收集女性和非女性的数据 两种不同城市文化环境中的户主家庭。 结构化和非结构化面试以及 关于劳动和家庭历史的民族志数据将构成 分析的基础。 分析将采用特殊的 设计用于探索模式和主题的软件， 人种学数据 这项研究的结果将增加新的知识 家庭结构与贫困的关系 发展中国家 它将提供重要的见解， 妇女在社会、劳动力市场和家庭中的地位。 它还将填补有关女性知识的重要空白， 拉丁美洲的户主家庭是人口迅速增长的地区， 和社会变革。

Data from the developing world show a strong correlation between female household headship and poverty, due largely to the status of women in society. Household members suffer the direct effects of poverty such as malnourishment, disease, and violence, and they are often forced to trade off schooling for work. On the other hand, research in the peripheral countries shows a greater devotion of women's income to household needs, a more egalitarian distribution of domestic chores, and a less violent domestic environment. This has opened up to debate the issue of the effect of female headship on women's and household poverty. This project will involve comparative research on the link between women and poverty in two Mexican cities. It will examine the circumstances under which female headship arises and the mechanisms by which these households fall into or break out of poverty. Data will be collected for both female and non-female headed households in two different urban cultural environments. Both structured and unstructured interviews as well as ethnographic data on labor and household histories will form the basis for the analysis. Analysis will be performed with special software designed for exploring patterns and themes in ethnographic data. Results of this research will add new knowledge on the relationship between household structure and poverty in developing countries. It will provide important insights into the position of women in society, the labor market, and the home. It will also fill in important gaps in knowledge about female headed households in Latin America, an area of rapid demographic and social change.