@article{MAKHILLTSS20138422441,
    title = {Socio-Economic Status of Female Headed Households in Srinagar City: An Analysis},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {8},
    number = {4},
    pages = {374-380},
    year = {2013},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2013.374.380},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2013.374.380},
    author = {Mohmad Saleem and},
    keywords = {Female headed households,poverty,census,housing,city},
    abstract = {More than a quarter of the world’s poor people live in India and gender-bias against women is deeply ingrained in the society placing female-headed households at potentially a greater risk of poverty. Specifically, poverty measures based on the housing condition and the wealth indices show that female-headed households are less poor than male-headed households. However, based on the standard of living index measure of poverty, female-headed households are marginally poorer than their male-headed counterparts. Thus, studying the relationship between female headed households and socio-economic status in India makes it instructive and important from both an academic and a practical perspective which is the purpose of this study. While eradicating poverty and eliminating gender-bias are issues central to economic development and are intrinsic goals in themselves, these two issues are even more important and challenging in a socially and economically diverse country like India. The objective of this study is to understand the socio-economic status of female headed households in Srinagar city.}
    }