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Poor Mothers and Habits of Hiding: Participatory Methods in Poverty Research
Author(s) -
Dodson Lisa,
Schmalzbauer Leah
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00186.x
Subject(s) - poverty , citizen journalism , punitive damages , participatory action research , psychology , stigma (botany) , developmental psychology , sociology , social psychology , economic growth , political science , psychiatry , anthropology , law , economics
Poor mothers have long‐standing habits of hiding their lives in response to punitive authorities and stigma. We identify practices of hiding daily life, and we describe participatory research approaches for and ethical concerns in learning more about poor women's critical insights and survival strategies.