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Gender and urban poverty in India.
- Source :
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Third World Quarterly . Dec2023, Vol. 44 Issue 12, p2462-2480. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Poverty is a product of various deprivations. Gender discrimination is linked with deprivation in terms of socio-economic and political opportunities. This study explores the link between female-headship of a household and its vulnerability towards urban poverty. Further, the most vulnerable sub-sections among the urban female-headed households are identified. The study is based on the 68th round of Household Consumer Expenditure, and Employment and Unemployment Survey, India. Female-headed households were found to have higher odds to be urban poor as compared to their male counterparts. However, this gender-based difference in odds to be urban poor disappears once educational attainment of household-head is controlled for. This highlights that the discrimination in terms of educational attainment is major cause and solution to urban poverty among female-headed households. Further, female-headed households are not a homogeneous group and exhibit significant differences in their vulnerability to urban poverty across different socio-economic and demographic subgroups. The negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on female education in India is expected to create a long-term gender gap in terms of poverty. Thus, the public policy should stress on skill and educational attainment of females and target the poverty alleviation programmes on vulnerable sub-section of the female-headed households. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GENDER
*POVERTY
*URBAN poor
*HOUSEHOLDS
*SOCIOECONOMICS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01436597
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Third World Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174190926
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2023.2237426