Gender and Community Context: An Analysis of Husbands’ Household Authority in Rural Guatemala Export

@article{citeulike:90121, abstract = {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.}, author = {Carter, Marion W.}, citeulike-article-id = {90121}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11206-004-0699-0}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/sofo/2004/00000019/00000004/ny00000699}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/r4433474167tr021}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/s11206-004-0699-0}, issn = {0884-8971}, journal = {Sociological Forum}, keywords = {guatemala, health, labor, latin\_america, rural}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {633--652}, posted-at = {2009-10-22 00:19:26}, priority = {3}, publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers}, title = {Gender and Community Context: An Analysis of Husbands' Household Authority in Rural Guatemala}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11206-004-0699-0}, volume = {19}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:90121 L3 - citeulike-article-id:90121 N2 - 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. IS - 4 JF - Sociological Forum SN - 0884-8971 EP - 652 TI - Gender and Community Context: An Analysis of Husbands’ Household Authority in Rural Guatemala PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers VL - 19 SP - 633 KW - guatemala KW - health KW - labor KW - latin_america KW - rural AU - Carter, Marion PY - 2004/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11206-004-0699-0 ER -