Poverty among widows of Kinshasa, Congo.
J Health Popul Nutr
;
2000 Sep; 18(2): 79-84
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-777
ABSTRACT
The linkages between poverty and death in the family in a sector of the city of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (previously Zaire) were studied. The poor people have been identified using 3 convergent norms, described in the Methods of Materials section, based on total expenditure, calorie consumption in food, and proportion of expenditure for food. Family histories were recorded to understand the difficult situation of widow-headed households identified within the sample area. The relationship between death in the family and poverty was bi-directional on the one hand, death of the breadwinner can accelerate the level of poverty; and on the other, poverty conditions can result in further deaths in the family.
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Main subject:
Poverty
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Female
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Humans
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Bereavement
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Nutritional Status
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Cause of Death
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Marital Status
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Widowhood
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Health Popul Nutr
Journal subject:
Gastroenterology
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Nutritional Sciences
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Public Health
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
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