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1. Fuentes de ingreso y empoderamiento de las mujeres campesinas en el municipio de Calakmul, Campeche.

Author

Chablé Can, Elia M. S., García, Francisco D. Gurri, Molina Rosales, Dolores O., and Schmook, Birgit

Subjects
*INCOME, *PUBLIC spending, *WOMEN peasants, *RURAL women, *INDUSTRIAL equipment, *EDUCATION, *FAMILY relations
Abstract

This paper analyzes the relationship between source of income and type of expenditure through the decisions made by 92 peasant women from Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico during an entire agricultural cycle. Results show that even amongst women with little money, income generated or obtained independently by this gender is spent more on capital goods, children's education, and luxury goods than the money they obtain from their husbands and other relatives. We use these results to discusses that the empowerment of women and the source of income they represent are of mayor importance to family economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2007