t of five of which are headed by women) decreased from 88 percent on 1979 to 62.9 percent in 1983 and the amount of the entitlement had fallen from 63 percent of the poverty threshold in 1960 to a mere 43 percent of it in 1985 (Sidel:87).
The underlying causes Sidel blames for the feminization of poverty are numerous, but I feel that three have the broadest significance: the weakening
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