Women head three out of ten households in Rio

The distribution of household heads by age and gender allows us to infer some specific characteristics of a population. To better understand the phenomenon, we divided the population into four age groups. The first consists of the youngest heads, up to 29 years old. The second includes those aged be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Carneiro, Alcides
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto Municipal de Urbanismo Pereira Passos (IPP)
Repositorio:Coleção Estudos Cariocas
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.estudoscariocas.rio.br:article/9
Acceso en línea:https://estudoscariocas.rio/index.php/ojs/article/view/9
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:mulheres
chefes de domicílio
mujeres
jefes de hogar
women
household head
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Sumario:The distribution of household heads by age and gender allows us to infer some specific characteristics of a population. To better understand the phenomenon, we divided the population into four age groups. The first consists of the youngest heads, up to 29 years old. The second includes those aged between 30 and 44 years. The third encompasses those aged between 45 and 59 years. Finally, the fourth is made up of people who have already entered old age.