“If my wife earns more than me, she will force me to do what she wants”: Women’s economic empowerment and family caregiving dynamics in Tanzania
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106626
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Women’s economic empowerment; Women’s employment; Family relationships; Parenting; Qualitative research; Tanzania;All these keywords.
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