The formation of female-headed households in poor urban sectors in Colima, Mexico: a five-case analysis

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https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v12i2.7992

Keywords:

Female-headed households, social change, women, stigma, social class

Abstract

This paper analyses the factors that led women from urban areas of medium-sized cities of western Mexico to become the head of the household. The paper aims to discuss the reasons that led women to break with their partners as well as the pathsthey followed to become the head of the household. The paper presents the results of research on this subject carried out throughout 2007 in Colima, Mexico. The study aims to show that the formation of alternative forms of domestic and family life isa consequence of external phenomena such as globalization, cultural, historical and political factors.

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  • ANA JOSEFINA CUEVAS HERNÁNDEZ, University of Colima

    Phd em Sociologia (Essex University)
    Professora da Universidad de Colima
    Colima, México

  • CARLOS DAVID SOLORIO PÉREZ, University of Colima
    Doutorando em Ciências Sociais (Universidad de Colima)
    Colima, México

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Published

2010-03-18

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2009)

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CUEVAS HERNÁNDEZ, A. J.; SOLORIO PÉREZ, C. D. The formation of female-headed households in poor urban sectors in Colima, Mexico: a five-case analysis. Sociedade e Cultura, v. 12, n. 2, p. 331–342, 18 Mar.2010.