Micro-credit and emotional well-being: Experience of poor rural women from Matlab, Bangladesh

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作者
Ahmed, SM [1 ]
Chowdhury, M
Bhuiya, A
机构
[1] BRAC, Res & Evaluat Div, Dhaka, Bangladesh
[2] Int Ctr Diarrhoeal Dis Res, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
关键词
micro-credit; women; mental health; emotional well-being; South Asia; Bangladesh;
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F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
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0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Development programs concerned with material improvement for participants ignore the impact of subjective factors such as discrepancy between expectation and achievement, and anxieties and tensions resulting from newly adopted nontraditional roles by women on their emotional and physical well-being. This study explores experiences of emotional stress by poor rural women, including those involved in credit-based income-generating activities, from Matlab, Bangladesh. In the multivariate analysis, BRAC membership failed to show any discernable effect on the prevalence of emotional stress among poor women. Women reported symptoms of depression while coping such situations. The implications of these findings for emotional well-being of women are discussed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1957 / 1966
页数:10
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