1. Los hogares femeninos en el municipio de Málaga (España).
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Ester Batista-Zamora, Ana and José Natera-Rivas, Juan
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OLDER women , *BIRTHPLACES , *WOMEN immigrants , *HOUSEHOLDS , *ORIGINALITY , *MINORS - Abstract
This paper aims to quantify and structurally characterize female-headed households—and the resident population within them—in the municipality of Málaga (Spain) in 2021. Female-headed households are those composed solely of women, potentially including male minors under 18 years of age, utilizing data from the Municipal Register of Inhabitants. This type of study confers originality to our research, and the results obtained indicate that their presence in the municipality is significant (one-fifth of the total households are female-headed, encompassing 15% of the women registered in the municipality). These households are, on average, smaller, with a very high proportion of elderly women, and a comparatively low presence of women between the ages of 18 and 64. The vast majority are composed solely of women born in Spain, with minimal representation of households composed solely of women born abroad, and even fewer mixed households. We have also focused on single-parent households—differentiating them by the birthplace of the adult—and found that their structural characteristics are very similar. In conclusion, our research provides a basic characterization of a type of household that has received, at best, only tangential attention, despite its significant incidence, at least in Málaga. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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