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Artículo de periódico

Gender and community context: An analysis of husbands and household authority in rural Guatemala

Fecha

2004

Autores

Marion Carter

Resumen

Drawing on research about women’s autonomy, gender, and development, and Latin America, I analyze individual, household, and community-level factors associated with husbands’ sole authority with regard to four household issues: (1) money management; decision-making about (2) food purchases, (3) medicine purchases, and (4) health providers. The results point to how husbands’ authority varies across household issues and how the dynamics of authority differ with regard to money management and the other decision-making issues studied. This study found that husbands’ authority varied not only by individual characteristics but also by community features and thus adds to efforts to represent more fully how context matters to household gender relations.

Journal title

Sociological Forum

Volumen

19

Conexiones

Los sectores económicos

General relevance - all sectors

Los grupos destinatarios

Los investigadores

Relevancia geográfica

Guatemala

Esferas de la actividad

Estudios en Género y Sexualidad y Socioligie