The gender dimensions of poverty in Egypt
Author
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2001, Issue 101-140 (31 Dec. 2001)32 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2001-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
32
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Gender dimensions of poverty are addressed, using the recent Household Expenditure, Income and Consumption Survey of 1999 / 2000 for Egypt.
Disparities between males and females living in poor households were assessed.
Poverty measures of males and females were found to be significantly different, in both urban and rural areas, where higher levels are observed among females than males.
Poverty is more prevalent in Upper Egypt, where poverty measures are twice as large as the national level.
The poor, both men and women are uneducated, out of labor force or unemployed, work in the private sector, have higher percentage of child labor.
According to logistic regression, females are more likely to be poor than males, holding other factors constant.
The probability of being poor increases as the number of individuals who work in agriculture or services and/or are illiterate increases.
Female-headed households are smaller in size, have lower individual per earner ratio, and have higher per capita expenditure and income.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Laythi, Hibah. 2001. The gender dimensions of poverty in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2001, no. 101-140.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-151540
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Laythi, Hibah. The gender dimensions of poverty in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 101-140 (Dec. 2001).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-151540
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Laythi, Hibah. The gender dimensions of poverty in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2001. Vol. 2001, no. 101-140.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-151540
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Record ID
BIM-151540