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The term 'female-headed households' refers to those households in which womenare the "key decision makers and economic managers" (United Nations, 1995: 32).The phenomenon of female-headed households is a major issue in developmenttheory and practice. In some regions of the world one-third of the families are femaleheaded. In the least-developed countries female-headed households account for 23per cent of total households. The highest rate of female-headed households is inSub-Saharan Africa with 31 per cent (ibid.: 33). The significance of this phenomenonlies in the high correlation between female-headed households and poverty. Theimplications of female headship on the socio-economic status of the household maydiffer between countries, and depends on factors such as women's access to incomeand basic services, social acceptance of female headship, etc. However, it is widelyrecognized that female-headed households are exposed to a higher risk of poverty. Asummary of research findings from 66 studies conducted between 1979 and 1989 bythe International Research Center1 for Women confirms the link between femaleheadedhouseholds and poverty. Forty-four of these studies concluded that womenheadedhouseholds are poorer than the male-headed ones (United Nations, 1995:34).
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