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Women in the household economy: managing multiple roles

Studies in family planning10 (11/12)Published In 1979 • Pages: 337-343

By: Pala, Achola O..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes the strategies of a group of rural Luo market women for coordinating their various family responsibilities subsistence production, income generation, child rearing, and household maintenance. It argues that the income-generating role of these women can be taken as an important entry for understanding all aspects of their other gender roles and strategies.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Gender status
Division of labor by gender
Retail marketing
Income and demand
Education system
Labor supply and employment
Household
Family relationships
Tillage
Internal trade
Kin relationships
Social relationships and groups
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Luo
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Anthropologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1974-1975
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1974-1979
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Luoland, Kenya
NotesAdditional notes
Achola Pala Okeyo
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
71001187
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)