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

詹妮弗·L·曼德尔·俄亥俄州立大学博士论文研究将探讨非洲女性通过多企业经济战略(MEES)应对经济压力的方式。将从事多种工作，以满足个人和家庭的需求。要解决的主要问题是：在什么条件下以及在何种经济活动形态下，多边环境经济活动将用于积累而不是生存？假设这取决于机会结构、获得资源的途径和流动性程度。该方法包括在巴黎和贝宁科托努初步收集二手材料。此外，还将对贝宁诺沃港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资料。将从较小的贸易商人口样本中收集焦点小组和深入访谈，以收集经济和生活史数据。这一结果将为女性在困难的经济环境和情况下如何应对提供新的线索。

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.