The Status of Women and the Quality of Life among the Poor
比较印度北部和南部两个文化群体，发现即使经济条件相似，妇女地位和生活质量也可能因文化规范（如女性隔离）而显著不同，这对发展政策的文化敏感性有启示。
This paper looks at differences in the quality of life of two culturally distinct groups and concludes that similar economic circumstances do not necessarily imply a similar quality of life at a household level. In a North India-South India comparison it finds that the two cultural groups are very different in the position of their women even when other socioeconomic conditions are very similar. In particular, the two cultures differ widely in the norms about female seclusion (and in the actual physical use of space) and in the levels of economic activity by women. The paper then places these findings in the context of the debate on the need for more meaningful indicators of development and discusses the role of greater cultural sensitivity in economic development policies. Copyright 1992 by Oxford University Press.