[A preliminary analysis of unmarried mothers who were heads of households in Brazil during 1970 and 1980].
"This paper reports on an attempt to use census data from Brazil in 1970 and 1980 to investigate a rise in household headship by unmarried mothers 15-49.... Demographic analysis can be useful in decomposing the change into that due to a changed propensity of women 15-49 years of age to be unmarried, to have children if unmarried, and to head their own household if an unmarried mother.  This was further analyzed in terms of age, marital status (whether single, divorced/separated or widowed), region of residence, and urban-rural status....However, the research encountered data problems that make firm conclusions impossible...."  This is a translation of a paper originally presented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. (SUMMARY IN ENG)
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D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D001938:Brazil; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005843:Geography; D007086:Illegitimacy; D007843:Latin America; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D009035:Mothers; D010290:Parents; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012107:Research Design; D013020:South America
Age Factors; Americas; Brazil; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Error Sources; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Geographic Factors; Head Of Household--women; Households; Latin America; Marital Status; Measurement; Mothers; Nuptiality; Parents; Population; Population Characteristics; South America; Unmarried Mothers