D'Souza, S2000-09-012009-05-272000-09-012009-05-272000-09-01D'Souza S. Poverty among widows of Kinshasa, Congo. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. 2000 Sep; 18(2): 79-84http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/777Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition.The linkages between poverty and death in the family in a sector of the city of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (previously Zaire) were studied. The poor people have been identified using 3 convergent norms, described in the Methods of Materials section, based on total expenditure, calorie consumption in food, and proportion of expenditure for food. Family histories were recorded to understand the difficult situation of widow-headed households identified within the sample area. The relationship between death in the family and poverty was bi-directional: on the one hand, death of the breadwinner can accelerate the level of poverty; and on the other, poverty conditions can result in further deaths in the family.engAdultBereavementCause of DeathCultural CharacteristicsDemocratic Republic of the Congo --epidemiologyFemaleHumansMarital StatusNutritional StatusPovertyQuestionnairesWidowhood --economicsJournal Article