Atividade e vulnerabilidade

Quais Os Arranjos Familiares Em Risco

Bibliographic Data

ID3878645
AuthorsLena Lavinas (0000-0002-6094-8720, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Marcelo Nicoll (IBGE)
Year2006
Volume49
Issue1
Pages67-97
Publication date2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDados (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-5258 • E-ISSN: 1678-4588
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0011-52582006000100004
OpenAlexW2084040865
SCIELO_PIDS0011-52582006000100004
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

The purpose of this article is to compare different family models according to the typology proposed by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or National Census Bureau), to verify whether families headed by women really represent the most vulnerable or at-risk family arrangement. The latter is the commonsense notion that legitimizes the framework of feminization of poverty, in vogue in the last two decades and with considerable impact on the design of anti-poverty social policies. The current empirical study disaggregates the employment data (employment rate, mean wages, workweek) not only by gender (identifying differences between men and women), but also breaking down the data for women, comparing the situation of women heads-of-families versus wives. In terms of womens full participation in the work market, the effect of conjugality is even more harmful than motherhood (presence of children

Census · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Population · Poverty · Sociology · Typology · Vulnerability (computing · Welfare economics · Work (physics · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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