The Feminization of poverty: only in America?

Abstract

This study asks whether the feminization of poverty the tendency of women and their families to become the majority of the poor is a phenomenon unique to the United States. Seven industrialized nations both capitalist and socialist with different degrees of commitment to social welfare are compared: Canada Japan France Sweden Poland the Soviet Union and the United States. In each of the countries the authors analyze information about women labor market conditions equalization policies social welfare programs and demographic variables. This is the first book which uses a cross-national approach to gain an in-depth understanding of the feminization of poverty in the industrialized world and to consider anti-poverty policy and strategies for women in the United States. (EXCERPT)

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