Gender Differences in Poverty and Household Composition Through the Life Cycle

The findings of the study, summarized in this paper, show that a life-cycle approach can help to reveal meaningful differences in the way women, men, girls, and boys experience poverty. A life-cycle approach examines the different stages individuals go through as they transition to adulthood and form their own households. It tracks the changes that take place from childhood to childbearing years and beyond. This is the first study to look at these dimensions systematically at the global level.