Gender, Mobility, and Middle Class in Europe and Central Asia : Insights from Qualitative Research

New qualitative fieldwork in eight countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) indicates that the dramatic declines in poverty in much of the region over the last decade do not appear to be registering very favorably with men and women on the ground...

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Main Authors:	Petesch, Patti L., Demarchi, Giorgia
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	EMPOWERMENT BENEFIT URBAN COMMUNITIES MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS GENDER INEQUALITY HOUSE FAMILY VIOLENCE INFORMAL SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN CRIMINAL PARTNER RURAL WOMEN SEXES ACCESS TO LAND LABOR FORCE WATER SUPPLY GENDER BASED VIOLENCE DISCRIMINATION INEQUALITIES INFORMAL SECTORS CORRUPTION CRIME LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WILL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PENSION GENDER POLICY HOME WOMEN’S RIGHTS GENDER DIMENSIONS EMANCIPATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET MATERNITY LEAVE HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES GENDER GAP TRAINING OPPRESSION WIDOW WIVES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IMPRISONMENT VIOLENCE JUDGES ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN GENDER NORMS GENDER INEQUALITIES MARRIAGE SOCIAL SECURITY DESCENTS MIGRANTS FEMALE LABOR USAID LOCAL WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES ACCESS TO JOBS POLICIES WHO GENDER DIFFERENCES WOMAN FAMILY PENSIONS GENDER DIVORCE HOMES PURCHASING POWER SINGLE WOMAN FEMALE WORKERS VICTIMS PROPERTY GENDER DISPARITIES HOUSEHOLD BUDGET MOTHER BREADWINNERS EITHER SEX CHILDBEARING POLICY LIFESTYLES HUSBANDS INSURANCE JUSTICE SEX ADULT WOMEN BUSINESS WOMEN CRIMINALS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES GENDER DIFFERENCE BREADWINNER CHILDREN GENDERS FEMALES HUSBAND CHILD GENDER ANALYSIS ACCESS TO SERVICES EQUALITY MIDWIVES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PARTNERS BUSINESSWOMEN FEMALE LABOR FORCE YOUNG WOMEN LABORERS FEMINIST LAW GIRLS WORKING WOMEN HOUSES URBAN WOMEN MARRIED WOMEN UNSKILLED WORKERS HARASSMENT DESCENT SOCIAL CHANGE FAMILIES WOMEN INHERITANCE REMITTANCES LABOR MARKETS GENDER BARRIERS GENDER ROLES FEMALE WIFE WEDDING GENDER RELATIONS POOR WOMEN FEMALE WORKER FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS BOTH SEXES BENEFITS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER EQUALITY INEQUALITY
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spelling	okr-10986-229152021-04-23T14:04:12Z Gender, Mobility, and Middle Class in Europe and Central Asia : Insights from Qualitative Research Petesch, Patti L. Demarchi, Giorgia EMPOWERMENT BENEFIT URBAN COMMUNITIES MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS GENDER INEQUALITY HOUSE FAMILY VIOLENCE INFORMAL SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN CRIMINAL PARTNER RURAL WOMEN SEXES ACCESS TO LAND LABOR FORCE WATER SUPPLY GENDER BASED VIOLENCE DISCRIMINATION INEQUALITIES INFORMAL SECTORS CORRUPTION CRIME LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WILL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PENSION GENDER POLICY HOME WOMEN’S RIGHTS GENDER DIMENSIONS EMANCIPATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET MATERNITY LEAVE HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES GENDER GAP TRAINING OPPRESSION WIDOW WIVES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IMPRISONMENT VIOLENCE JUDGES ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN GENDER NORMS GENDER INEQUALITIES MARRIAGE SOCIAL SECURITY DESCENTS MIGRANTS FEMALE LABOR USAID LOCAL WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES ACCESS TO JOBS POLICIES WHO GENDER DIFFERENCES WOMAN FAMILY PENSIONS GENDER DIVORCE HOMES PURCHASING POWER SINGLE WOMAN FEMALE WORKERS VICTIMS PROPERTY GENDER DISPARITIES HOUSEHOLD BUDGET MOTHER BREADWINNERS EITHER SEX CHILDBEARING POLICY LIFESTYLES HUSBANDS INSURANCE JUSTICE SEX ADULT WOMEN BUSINESS WOMEN CRIMINALS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES GENDER DIFFERENCE BREADWINNER CHILDREN GENDERS FEMALES HUSBAND CHILD GENDER ANALYSIS ACCESS TO SERVICES EQUALITY MIDWIVES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PARTNERS BUSINESSWOMEN FEMALE LABOR FORCE YOUNG WOMEN LABORERS FEMINIST LAW GIRLS WORKING WOMEN HOUSES URBAN WOMEN MARRIED WOMEN UNSKILLED WORKERS HARASSMENT DESCENT SOCIAL CHANGE FAMILIES WOMEN INHERITANCE REMITTANCES LABOR MARKETS GENDER BARRIERS GENDER ROLES FEMALE WIFE WEDDING GENDER RELATIONS POOR WOMEN FEMALE WORKER FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS BOTH SEXES BENEFITS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER EQUALITY INEQUALITY New qualitative fieldwork in eight countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) indicates that the dramatic declines in poverty in much of the region over the last decade do not appear to be registering very favorably with men and women on the ground. This paper provides a gender analysis of findings from equal numbers of sex-specific focus groups with employed and jobless individuals. The methodology featured a standardized package of semi-structured data collection tools, which enabled systematic comparative analysis of the datasets from 37 urban and rural communities across eight countries in the region. While lack of jobs and the rising cost of living are central concerns for both women and men across the sample, the qualitative data highlights important gender differences in how men and women are responding to these challenges that quantitative survey approaches appear to miss. Throughout the sample, women are widely reported to be doing everything they can to pull their households out of poverty or to maintain their families in the middle class, while men voice deep frustration with their weak economic opportunities and the need for additional household members to contribute economically. Women’s increased economic participation in the face of men’s hardships with breadwinning - and the stress on gender roles and relations that this entails - are crucial for making sense of frustrations on the ground despite the region’s significant social and economic development. 2015-11-09T19:40:28Z 2015-11-09T19:40:28Z 2015-10-16 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25230812/gender-mobility-middle-class-europe-central-asia-insights-qualitative-research http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22915 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Women in Development and Gender Study Europe and Central Asia Central Asia Eastern Europe Europe and Central Asia
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topic	EMPOWERMENT BENEFIT URBAN COMMUNITIES MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS GENDER INEQUALITY HOUSE FAMILY VIOLENCE INFORMAL SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN CRIMINAL PARTNER RURAL WOMEN SEXES ACCESS TO LAND LABOR FORCE WATER SUPPLY GENDER BASED VIOLENCE DISCRIMINATION INEQUALITIES INFORMAL SECTORS CORRUPTION CRIME LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WILL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PENSION GENDER POLICY HOME WOMEN’S RIGHTS GENDER DIMENSIONS EMANCIPATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET MATERNITY LEAVE HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES GENDER GAP TRAINING OPPRESSION WIDOW WIVES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IMPRISONMENT VIOLENCE JUDGES ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN GENDER NORMS GENDER INEQUALITIES MARRIAGE SOCIAL SECURITY DESCENTS MIGRANTS FEMALE LABOR USAID LOCAL WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES ACCESS TO JOBS POLICIES WHO GENDER DIFFERENCES WOMAN FAMILY PENSIONS GENDER DIVORCE HOMES PURCHASING POWER SINGLE WOMAN FEMALE WORKERS VICTIMS PROPERTY GENDER DISPARITIES HOUSEHOLD BUDGET MOTHER BREADWINNERS EITHER SEX CHILDBEARING POLICY LIFESTYLES HUSBANDS INSURANCE JUSTICE SEX ADULT WOMEN BUSINESS WOMEN CRIMINALS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES GENDER DIFFERENCE BREADWINNER CHILDREN GENDERS FEMALES HUSBAND CHILD GENDER ANALYSIS ACCESS TO SERVICES EQUALITY MIDWIVES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PARTNERS BUSINESSWOMEN FEMALE LABOR FORCE YOUNG WOMEN LABORERS FEMINIST LAW GIRLS WORKING WOMEN HOUSES URBAN WOMEN MARRIED WOMEN UNSKILLED WORKERS HARASSMENT DESCENT SOCIAL CHANGE FAMILIES WOMEN INHERITANCE REMITTANCES LABOR MARKETS GENDER BARRIERS GENDER ROLES FEMALE WIFE WEDDING GENDER RELATIONS POOR WOMEN FEMALE WORKER FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS BOTH SEXES BENEFITS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER EQUALITY INEQUALITY
spellingShingle	EMPOWERMENT BENEFIT URBAN COMMUNITIES MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS GENDER INEQUALITY HOUSE FAMILY VIOLENCE INFORMAL SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN CRIMINAL PARTNER RURAL WOMEN SEXES ACCESS TO LAND LABOR FORCE WATER SUPPLY GENDER BASED VIOLENCE DISCRIMINATION INEQUALITIES INFORMAL SECTORS CORRUPTION CRIME LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WILL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PENSION GENDER POLICY HOME WOMEN’S RIGHTS GENDER DIMENSIONS EMANCIPATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET MATERNITY LEAVE HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES GENDER GAP TRAINING OPPRESSION WIDOW WIVES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IMPRISONMENT VIOLENCE JUDGES ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN GENDER NORMS GENDER INEQUALITIES MARRIAGE SOCIAL SECURITY DESCENTS MIGRANTS FEMALE LABOR USAID LOCAL WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES ACCESS TO JOBS POLICIES WHO GENDER DIFFERENCES WOMAN FAMILY PENSIONS GENDER DIVORCE HOMES PURCHASING POWER SINGLE WOMAN FEMALE WORKERS VICTIMS PROPERTY GENDER DISPARITIES HOUSEHOLD BUDGET MOTHER BREADWINNERS EITHER SEX CHILDBEARING POLICY LIFESTYLES HUSBANDS INSURANCE JUSTICE SEX ADULT WOMEN BUSINESS WOMEN CRIMINALS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES GENDER DIFFERENCE BREADWINNER CHILDREN GENDERS FEMALES HUSBAND CHILD GENDER ANALYSIS ACCESS TO SERVICES EQUALITY MIDWIVES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PARTNERS BUSINESSWOMEN FEMALE LABOR FORCE YOUNG WOMEN LABORERS FEMINIST LAW GIRLS WORKING WOMEN HOUSES URBAN WOMEN MARRIED WOMEN UNSKILLED WORKERS HARASSMENT DESCENT SOCIAL CHANGE FAMILIES WOMEN INHERITANCE REMITTANCES LABOR MARKETS GENDER BARRIERS GENDER ROLES FEMALE WIFE WEDDING GENDER RELATIONS POOR WOMEN FEMALE WORKER FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS BOTH SEXES BENEFITS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER EQUALITY INEQUALITY Petesch, Patti L. Demarchi, Giorgia Gender, Mobility, and Middle Class in Europe and Central Asia : Insights from Qualitative Research
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description	New qualitative fieldwork in eight countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) indicates that the dramatic declines in poverty in much of the region over the last decade do not appear to be registering very favorably with men and women on the ground. This paper provides a gender analysis of findings from equal numbers of sex-specific focus groups with employed and jobless individuals. The methodology featured a standardized package of semi-structured data collection tools, which enabled systematic comparative analysis of the datasets from 37 urban and rural communities across eight countries in the region. While lack of jobs and the rising cost of living are central concerns for both women and men across the sample, the qualitative data highlights important gender differences in how men and women are responding to these challenges that quantitative survey approaches appear to miss. Throughout the sample, women are widely reported to be doing everything they can to pull their households out of poverty or to maintain their families in the middle class, while men voice deep frustration with their weak economic opportunities and the need for additional household members to contribute economically. Women’s increased economic participation in the face of men’s hardships with breadwinning - and the stress on gender roles and relations that this entails - are crucial for making sense of frustrations on the ground despite the region’s significant social and economic development.
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author	Petesch, Patti L. Demarchi, Giorgia
author_facet	Petesch, Patti L. Demarchi, Giorgia
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title	Gender, Mobility, and Middle Class in Europe and Central Asia : Insights from Qualitative Research
title_short	Gender, Mobility, and Middle Class in Europe and Central Asia : Insights from Qualitative Research
title_full	Gender, Mobility, and Middle Class in Europe and Central Asia : Insights from Qualitative Research
title_fullStr	Gender, Mobility, and Middle Class in Europe and Central Asia : Insights from Qualitative Research
title_full_unstemmed	Gender, Mobility, and Middle Class in Europe and Central Asia : Insights from Qualitative Research
title_sort	gender, mobility, and middle class in europe and central asia : insights from qualitative research
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25230812/gender-mobility-middle-class-europe-central-asia-insights-qualitative-research http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22915
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Gender, Mobility, and Middle Class in Europe and Central Asia : Insights from Qualitative Research

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