Bozalek, VivienneAlly-Schmidt, FadeelaDept. of Social WorkFaculty of Community and Health Sciences2013-08-072024-11-072007/04/252007/04/252013-08-072024-11-072005https://hdl.handle.net/10566/18917Magister Artium - MAThis thesis explored the resources available for care-giving in chronically poor female-headed households. It investigated the relationship between resources as enabling in the practice of care and the choices that women can consequently make in light of the multiple roles that they play as workers, as mothers and as significant people in female-headed households.enWomen heads of householdsSouth AfricaCeres - Social conditionsCeres - Economic conditionsSingle mothersThesisUniversity of the Western Cape