Activity and vulnerability: what family arrangements are at risk?

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...

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Main Authors: Lena Lavinas, Marcelo Nicoll, Peter Lenny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Series:Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582007000100002&lng=en&tlng=en