Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of Kenya
In addition to Intra-household resource allocations and internal dynamics of decision-making, gendered perceptions on household food security play a critical role in households’ nutritional status, especially in developing countries. However, evidence on the role of gender-based perceptions on house...
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| author | Cosmas Kweyu Lutomia Gideon A. Obare Isaac Maina Kariuki Geoffrey Simiyu Muricho |
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| description | In addition to Intra-household resource allocations and internal dynamics of decision-making, gendered perceptions on household food security play a critical role in households’ nutritional status, especially in developing countries. However, evidence on the role of gender-based perceptions on households’ food security and related implications on the households’ nutritional status is limited. This study examines the determinants of gender-disaggregated household food security perceptions among smallholder farming households. We used two panels of data from households in eastern and western Kenya and employ the House hold Food Insecurity Access Scale to measure perceptions of household food insecurity, and the random effects generalized ordered probit model to evaluate the determinants of security perceptions across gender. The results reveal that the factors that influence food security perceptions vary across gender. The education level of household head and the number of relatives were negatively associated with female perceptions of household food insecurity, whereas the household dependency ratio was positively associated with female perceptions of household food insecurity. In contrast, age and gender of household head were positively correlated with male perception of household food insecurity. The findings suggest that gender matters in household food security perceptions and that the determinants of the food security perceptions vary across gender. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8687094f8b6a4890a9859791a5cbeb272022-12-21T21:58:25ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Food & Agriculture2331-19322019-01-015110.1080/23311932.2019.16947551694755Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of KenyaCosmas Kweyu Lutomia0Gideon A. Obare1Isaac Maina Kariuki2Geoffrey Simiyu Muricho3Egerton UniversityEgerton UniversityEgerton UniversityInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics – ICRISATIn addition to Intra-household resource allocations and internal dynamics of decision-making, gendered perceptions on household food security play a critical role in households’ nutritional status, especially in developing countries. However, evidence on the role of gender-based perceptions on households’ food security and related implications on the households’ nutritional status is limited. This study examines the determinants of gender-disaggregated household food security perceptions among smallholder farming households. We used two panels of data from households in eastern and western Kenya and employ the House hold Food Insecurity Access Scale to measure perceptions of household food insecurity, and the random effects generalized ordered probit model to evaluate the determinants of security perceptions across gender. The results reveal that the factors that influence food security perceptions vary across gender. The education level of household head and the number of relatives were negatively associated with female perceptions of household food insecurity, whereas the household dependency ratio was positively associated with female perceptions of household food insecurity. In contrast, age and gender of household head were positively correlated with male perception of household food insecurity. The findings suggest that gender matters in household food security perceptions and that the determinants of the food security perceptions vary across gender.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2019.1694755genderhouseholdfood securityfood security perceptions |
| spellingShingle | Cosmas Kweyu Lutomia Gideon A. Obare Isaac Maina Kariuki Geoffrey Simiyu Muricho Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of Kenya Cogent Food & Agriculture gender household food security food security perceptions |
| title | Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of Kenya |
| title_full | Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of Kenya |
| title_short | Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of Kenya |
| title_sort | determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the western and eastern regions of kenya |
| topic | gender household food security food security perceptions |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2019.1694755 |
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