Female-headed households are folk family whose householder is holded by women. 女户是由妇女担任户主的民户。
Minor daughter-headed households aside, female-headed households of the Song Dynasty were mainly born from widowed family with immature sons. 除个别的女儿户之外,宋代女户主要是在无夫子幼的特殊家庭中,由寡妇来担任户主。