Contesting a Third World development category: Female-headed households in Samoa

Stewart-Withers, Rochelle

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2010.11.003

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“…As a result, they experience more high-risk behaviors [15,17] and lower quality of life and family satisfaction [15][16][17]. They also suffer from Stress, mental disorders, depression, drug abuse, and financial and cultural poverty [16,18,19]. The results of the Rezaei et al, 2013 study showed that female-headed households are highly vulnerable and experience many problems such as low income, widespread economic problems, mental, neurological and physical disorders and isolation [1].…”

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Challenges and opportunities confronting female-headed households in Iran: a qualitative study

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Background: Female-headed households are one of the most vulnerable groups of society that confront many problems and challenges. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the challenges and opportunities confronting female-headed households in Iran. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted among female-headed households in Kermanshah, West of Iran, in 2019. The data were collected through Semi-structured interviews with 26 female-headed households who were selected by purposeful and theoretical sampling. Data analysis was done through conventional qualitative content analysis, and the software MAXQDA-12 was used for the management of data. The four criteria of Goba and Lincon, including credibility, confirmability, dependability, and transferability, were observed to evaluate the quality of research results. Results: After analyzing the data, 4 main categories and 13 subcategories were obtained as follows: individual problems (role overload, role conflict, end of love, psychological problems), intra-family problems (declined independence, intra-family tension, poverty reproduction and family disability), social problems (stigma of being unattended, social insecurity, social isolation, social exclusion), positive outcomes (positive self-concept, social maturity). Conclusion: Female-headed households face many challenges that can become a big threat or an opportunity. Therefore, their health improvement can be achieved through training and helping them to adapt to new and multifaceted roles, providing more economic support and helping them raise their social status.

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Challenges and opportunities confronting female-headed households in Iran: a qualitative study

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“…Bien que relevant à l'origine d'une catégorie statistique, les femmes chefs de ménage sont souvent envisagées comme constituant un groupe social. Ce groupe doit alors être défini historiquement et géographiquement, car il ne saurait y avoir de conception universelle et définitive des ménages dirigés par une femme (Goebel, Dodson et Hill, 2010 ;Stewart-Withers, 2011).…”

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Inégalités entre les ménages dirigés par les hommes et ceux dirigés par les femmes à Ouagadougou : entre déterminisme et spécificités

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Moussa

2015

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Dans cette étude, nous examinons le lien entre le sexe du chef de ménage et la relation à la pauvreté du ménage à Ouagadougou. L’analyse en composantes principales et la two step cluster analysis ont été appliquées aux données du Recensement général de la population et de l’habitat du Burkina Faso de 2006. Elles ont permis de comparer les caractéristiques socioéconomiques du groupe des hommes et du groupe des femmes chefs d’un ménage et de distinguer différents sous-groupes les composant. Les résultats indiquent que les femmes jeunes, actives et célibataires ou mariées affichent la plus grande proximité avec le niveau de vie « élevé ». Le groupe des femmes âgées, inactives et principalement veuves présente les conditions de vie les plus médiocres. Les ménages dirigés par un homme tendent eux à se situer plus au milieu, dans la classe moyenne. La situation des femmes chefs de ménage à Ouagadougou se révèle être à l’intersection de la classe sociale et du cycle de vie.Using principal component analysis and cluster analysis on census data, the paper examines the relationship between the gender of the household head and poverty in Ouagadougou. First, we investigated whether the distinction of households based on the sex of the household head sufficiently explains the differences between female and male headed households. Second, we investigated whether households headed by women were systematically more impoverished than those headed by men. The results indicated that of the different sub-categories of household heads identified in the analyses, the sub-group of young, active women, married or single, is the most closely associated with “high standard of living” households. The group composed of elderly, inactive widows has the most unsatisfactory living conditions. These results underline the importance of social class and life cycle in the relationship between poverty and female headed households

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“…In this regard, female heads of households, owing to their dual role in the family and numerous evidence confirming their deprivation due to gender and their subsequent deprivation of resources, are at risk of more serious damages ( 15 ). Identification and evaluation of social determinants associated with female heads of households in each community seems necessary and important, since such people due to massive responsibilities, lack of socio-economic support, lack of access to good jobs and lack of skills may experience social isolation and lack of access to social networks ( 16 , 17 ). In addition, the key role of social factors in describing inequalities in this group through focusing attentions on facts and important phenomena, may facilitate economic growth by highlighting the importance of participation and trust in female heads of households ( 18 ).…”

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The impact of social capital and social support on the health of female-headed households: a systematic review

Khazaeian¹,

Kariman²,

Ebadi³

et al. 2017

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Background and aimSocial capital and social support as determinants of health play an important role in the health of female heads of households. Considering the increasing number of female-headed families in Iran and the world, this study was conducted to systematically review the impact of social capital and social support on the health of female heads of households.MethodsThis study was conducted as a systematic review in September 2016. Its data were collected from available papers in different databases including Iranmedex, Magiran, Scientific Information Database (SID), Irandoc, Scopus, Science Direct, PubMed and Google Scholar. Using advanced search, all published papers from 2000 to 2015 with full text were selected using related keywords. After reviewing by browsers and adapting to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 15 papers were entered into the study. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in epidemiology (STROBE) checklist was used to evaluate the quality of papers.ResultsBased on the findings of these studies, there was a significant relationship between social capital and its components (trust, sense of belonging and social participation) as well as all aspects of health. Additionally, social support and its dimensions (emotional, instrumental and informational) affected health; however, among these dimensions, instrumental support of a stronger predictor was concerned with health, especially mental health.ConclusionSocial factors such as social capital and social support are effective on human health, particularly health of female-headed households, since they affect proactive identity and increase information resources, collaboration as well as collective decisions and actions. Furthermore, they provide emotional and instrumental support to group members and prevent further health problems.

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Contesting a Third World development category: Female-headed households in Samoa

Cited by 12 publications

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Challenges and opportunities confronting female-headed households in Iran: a qualitative study

Challenges and opportunities confronting female-headed households in Iran: a qualitative study

Inégalités entre les ménages dirigés par les hommes et ceux dirigés par les femmes à Ouagadougou : entre déterminisme et spécificités

The impact of social capital and social support on the health of female-headed households: a systematic review

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