household and relationship to head of household, 1990

Relationship to head of household

Spouse of head of household

Heads of private household, by sex of head of

246. But in some cases, women assume the role of head of the household.

Only 8.6 of the married women declared themselves to be head of the household.

That is the unshakable decree that I have made as head of this household.

Table 18 Poverty structure of households in rural areas, by sex of head of household

The Zambian census defines a head of household as a person who makes day to day decisions concerning the running of a household and is also considered as such by all household members .

But that participation is even greater among those women fulfilling the role of head of household.

Table 2 Poverty status of households, by receipt or non receipt of remittances and sex of head of household

The principle of the supremacy of the husband as the head of the household is consecrated in our Family law (C.C.

The report notes that women are rarely designated as head of household, except in instances where they are widowed or abandoned.

The view that the man is the head of the family and the woman the manager of the household reflects this.

A total of 69 per cent of the female rural migrants were daughters of the head of household who answered the survey.

On the other hand, it is an old custom in the rural areas of Vietnam that the husband is usually head of household.

With regards to households, the head or the one authorized by him or her will represent the household in exercising land use right.

This figure is to some extent underestimated, since the mere presence of a man suffices for researchers carrying out a census and for residents of the household themselves to consider that he is the head of the household.

In some places it is usual for a man the head of the household to decide who to vote for, which women mostly obey.

Many remained widows. But even more women were forced to head their household because the men left the rural areas in search of work.

15.1 The Married Persons Equality Act (Act 1 of 1996) has abolished the marital power of the husband as the head of the household.

As there is no law stipulating that men should be the head of the household, both men and women have equal rights for the status.

Women may be compelled to endure such situations in silence, particularly if food rations and other necessities are distributed on the male head of household model.

The division of labour in the home arose from the abilities of each spouse to contribute the husband was no longer the head of the household.

6 Although it is now possible to disaggregate poverty by sex, depending on the head of the household, currently available data do not disaggregate the poverty levels among women in male headed households or the internal distribution of resources among household members.

It should be pointed out, however, that women do not receive family allowances, because current legislation awards such payments to the husband as the head of household.

In general terms, these roles are those of father, head of the household and source of the majority of the family apos s income and mother, responsible for homemaking and household chores, as well as for carefully overseeing the way the children are raised.

Every man considers himself to be head of a household (48.39 per cent), while women are found in that role only in 14. 8 per cent of cases.

Such a situation can come up in practice because a woman is never recognized as the head of household, even when she is bringing up her children alone

Household work

Household consumption

I think it starts household by household, under the same roof.

Men deem their spouses to be head of their household in only 0.53 per cent of cases, while 40.75 per cent of women see their partners in that role.

In contrast, the Government of Montserrat had proposed aid of EC 40,000 (approximately 9,200) for a head of household, EC 30,000 for other adults and EC 20,000 for children.

(b) Household allowance

... astrangerin anew household...

That situation is aggravated by the fact that in Haitian society, women are very often the head of their household and carry out many responsibilities by themselves, including the education of children.

(iii) Housing and Household

Household income US 29,157

Household income US 27,128

b Per monitored household.

Household general income structure

ENH National Household Survey

WOMEN HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD

Average size of household