An analysis of the respective contributions of husband and wife in farming households in Kenya to decisions regarding the use of income: A multinomial logit approach

Osanya, Jessica; Adam, Rahma; Otieno, David Jakinda; Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo; Jaleta, Moti

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2020.102419

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“…The associations between the gendered division of labour and time poverty have long been acknowledged (see, for example, Adeyeeye et al., 2019; Arora and Rada, 2017; Rao and Raju, 2020), as have the ways in which women use their voice and agency in response to inequalities in time allocation (for example, Agarwal, 1997; Blackden and Wodon, 2006; Doss, 2013). Similarly, our findings that women can easily adjust their schedules but must carefully navigate relationships with husbands to be able to attend trainings or to take on new income‐generating activities align with previous findings that women consistently have higher involvement in smaller decisions (for example on household purchases for daily needs) compared to larger ones (for example for large household purchases) (Kishor and Subaiya, 2008; Osanya et al., 2020). While these themes have been observed previously in studies of women's empowerment, to our knowledge, our study is the first to connect them to time use and time‐use agency.…”

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Measuring Women's Empowerment: Gender and Time‐use Agency in Benin, Malawi and Nigeria

Eissler¹,

Heckert²,

Myers³

et al. 2022

Development and Change

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Time use, or how women and men allocate their time, is an important element of empowerment processes. To extend this area of study, this article proposes and explores the concept of time‐use agency, which shifts the focus from the amount of time individuals spend on activities to the strategic choices they make about how to allocate their time. It draws on 92 semi‐structured interviews from three qualitative studies in Benin, Malawi and Nigeria to explore and compare the salience of time‐use agency as a component of empowerment. The article finds that time‐use agency is salient among women and men and dictates how they can make and act upon strategic decisions related to how they allocate their time. It also finds that time‐use agency is tied to other dimensions of agency beyond decision making and ways of exerting influence in the household. Its findings highlight that women's capacity to exercise time‐use agency is conditional on gendered power dynamics and other barriers within households, which together are reciprocally related to local gender norms that dictate how women should spend their time.

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confidence: 90%

Measuring Women's Empowerment: Gender and Time‐use Agency in Benin, Malawi and Nigeria

Eissler¹,

Heckert²,

Myers³

et al. 2022

Development and Change

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“…Therefore, using the household head as the gender identifier constrains matching the individual in charge of the plot activities to input use and productivity (Peterman et al, 2011). In addition, while recent studies such as Osanya et al (2020) offer insights on intra-household decision making on resource sharing, the extant literature on TE is predominantly based on farm-level data rather that plot-level data; this ignores the possibility of a farmer having multiple plots with varying characteristics (Owusu et al, 2017). The current study contributes to the literature on efficiency by using sex of the plot manager as the gender indicator on plot-level data.…”

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Technical efficiency and technology gaps of sorghum plots in Uganda: A gendered stochastic metafrontier analysis

Miriti

Otieno

Chimoita

et al. 2021

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Sorghum plot managers in different locations have varying levels of resource endowment that in turn influence technical efficiency (TE). Therefore, plot managers operate at different levels of technology. The present study applied a stochastic metafrontier approach to assess TE and technology gaps of female, male and jointly-managed sorghum plots. A two limit-Tobit model was subsequently applied to assess determinants of TE. Results indicate that male-managed sorghum plots had the highest metafrontier technical efficiencies (MTEs) (61%, 56% and 15%) and technology gap ratios (TGRs) (98%, 92% and 20%) for Lira, Serere and Kumi districts, respectively compared to female and jointly managed plots. However, jointly managed plots had higher TE and TGRs compared to female plot managers but lower than those of the male-managed plots. Age, distance to plot and farmer group membership influenced TE positively while household size, years of farming sorghum and access to credit had negative effects on efficiency.

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“…A number of papers also investigate intra-household decision making and, in particular, the consequences that stem from women having more decisionmaking power as a result of empowerment. The gendered nature of decision making within households is still evident, with men typically controlling decision making on assets and the control and use of assets, particularly where productive assets were concerned [for examples in Kenya, see Nyongesa et al (2017) and Osanya et al (2020); and for Ethiopia see Kang et al (2020)]. In Uganda's Masindi district, a study investigated the decision-making processes that led to land-use transformation through woodlots and tree planting finding that, whilst various factors were considered in decision making, ultimately final decisions were made by husbands, with less participation from wives and other family members (Ahimbisibwe et al, 2019).…”

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A review of gender in agricultural and pastoral livelihoods based on selected countries in west and east Africa

Vincent

2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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This scoping paper presents the results of a review of the landscape of research on gender and agricultural and pastoral livelihoods in select countries in west and east Africa (Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, and Uganda) published over 5 years (January 2016–March 2021). A keyword search of the Scopus database gave rise to an ultimate dataset of 169 papers which were coded for geographical location, approaches to gender, and theme based on inductive identification of clusters of research. There has been an increase in the number of published papers but there is an uneven geographical distribution of research. Studies vary in the way they treat gender: with an almost even split between modeling-based studies, where gender is one of many variables to be correlated with, or to determine, an outcome (e.g., poverty—for example, as a dummy variable in regressions); and studies where the expressed aim is to look at gender differences, whether through the gender of an individual or the gender of a household head. Clusters of papers look at gender differences in assets, health, perceptions of environmental degradation, agricultural perceptions and outcomes, and climate change perceptions, vulnerability, and adaptation. There is also a number of papers exploring women's empowerment, including intra-household decision making. Intersectional approaches have been employed both through modeling studies and through more in-depth qualitative studies that are able to trace changes in identity over time, and the implications therein. The household and household headship have remained common entry points and units of analysis, despite known critiques. The results highlight a need to address geographical gaps in gender research, expand the evidence base of intersectional approaches, explore other aspects of social inequality, and expand more innovative methodological studies.

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An analysis of the respective contributions of husband and wife in farming households in Kenya to decisions regarding the use of income: A multinomial logit approach

Cited by 17 publications

References 14 publications

Measuring Women's Empowerment: Gender and Time‐use Agency in Benin, Malawi and Nigeria

Measuring Women's Empowerment: Gender and Time‐use Agency in Benin, Malawi and Nigeria

Technical efficiency and technology gaps of sorghum plots in Uganda: A gendered stochastic metafrontier analysis

A review of gender in agricultural and pastoral livelihoods based on selected countries in west and east Africa

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