Dissertation Research: Making Ends Meet: Differences AmongYoruba Women in Benin in the use of a Multiple Enterprise Economic Strategy

俄亥俄州州立大学 博士论文研究将探讨非洲妇女通过多企业经济战略科普经济压力的方式。 将从事多种工作，以满足个人及其家庭的需要。 要解决的主要问题是：在何种条件下和何种经济活动配置下，多边和多边经济系统将用于积累而不是生存？ 据推测，这取决于机会结构，获得资源，以及流动的程度。 方法包括在巴黎和贝宁的科托努初步收集二手材料。 此外，还将对贝宁波尔图诺沃主要市场和日常市场的小商贩进行普查，以获得经济特征和人口信息。 焦点小组和深入访谈将从交易者人口的较小样本中收集，以收集经济和生活史数据。 调查结果将为妇女如何科普困难的经济环境和情况提供新的线索。

Jennifer L.Mandel Ohio State University The doctoral dissertation research will examine the ways in which African women cope with economic stress through a multiple enterprise economic strategy (MEES). Multiple jobs will be undertaken to meet the individual's own needs and those of her family. The main question to be addressed is: under what conditions and what configuration of economic activities will MEES be used for accumulation rather than survival? It is hypothesized that this depends on opportunity structures, access to resources, and the degree of mobility. The methodology includes an initial gathering of secondary materials in Paris and Cotonou, Benin. In addition a census of small traders in the main and daily markets in Porto Novo, Benin will be undertaken to obtain economic characteristics and demographic information. Focus groups and in depth interviews will be gathered from a smaller sample of the population of traders to gather economic and life history data. The results will shed new light on the way in which women cope in difficult economic environments and situations.