Black Women in Poverty: Some Comments on Female-Headed Families

The current debate on poor black women heading households is placed within a structural and political economic context. The theories centered in the human capital deficit notion (lack of training, skills, or education) are insufficient and inadequate for explaining the poverty of female-headed famil...

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Published in:Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 1988-01, Vol.13 (2), p.331-339
Main Author: Brewer, Rose M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American culture
African Americans
Black people
Blacks
Capitalism
Economic hardship
Families
Families & family life
Family
Family structure
Households
Labor markets
Men
Poverty
Revisions/Reports
Social conditions & trends
Women
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Summary:The current debate on poor black women heading households is placed within a structural and political economic context. The theories centered in the human capital deficit notion (lack of training, skills, or education) are insufficient and inadequate for explaining the poverty of female-headed families.
ISSN:0097-9740
1545-6943
DOI:10.1086/494409