DOES CONTRACEPTION BENEFIT WOMEN? STRUCTURE, AGENCY, AND WELL-BEING IN RURAL MEXICO.

The authors of this paper examine Amartya Sen's contributions to the concept of human well-being from a gender perspective and argue that this concept is particularly useful for explaining women's decisions on contraceptive use. The study draws on data collected in six rural communities of Chiapas,...

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Publicado en:Feminist Economics Vol. 9; no. 2/3; pp. 213 - 239
Autores principales: Beutelspacher, Austreberta Nazar, Martelo, Emma Zapata, García, Verónica Vázquez
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2003
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