Household Decision-Making and Expenditure Patterns of Married Men and Women in Malaysia

Yusof, Selamah Abdullah; Duasa, Jarita

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“…In Malaysia, for example, Kusago and Barham (2001) find that women show higher financial power than men at the household level. Yet, consistently with the MENA findings, Abdullah Yusof and Duasa (2010) reveal that Malaysian women usually make final decisions regarding everyday household expenditures, while large household expenditures are still made by men. This provides a more nuanced view of the role of gender in sustainable decisions where the nature or amount of expenditure is also relevant.…”

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Factors Affecting Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the MENA Region: A Systematic Review

Elhoushy

Lanzini

2020

Journal of International Consumer Marketing

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Sustainable consumer behavior (SCB) gained significant attention given the relevance it bears for a broad set of actors. Since most of the relevant literature is rooted in western countries, researchers and policymakers implicitly assume that behaviors in developing countries tend to replicate those in developed countries. This review, based on seventy-one articles published since 2000, questions such assumption by analyzing the empirical research on SCBs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a distinctive region that has been so far overlooked by mainstream research. Results reveal that most MENA-based papers are rooted in traditional frameworks of the rationalistic stream and that environmental values represent a key driver of SCB, while habits and socio-demographics are relegated to a negligible role. This study provides an added value by synthesizing the fragmented evidence on the topic and discussing aspects emerging as peculiar of the MENA and differentiating the latter from other societies.

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Factors Affecting Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the MENA Region: A Systematic Review

Elhoushy

Lanzini

2020

Journal of International Consumer Marketing

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“…Basic decisions of life such as accommodation, income generation, investment and consumption expenditure, as well as children composition, constitute common dilemmas facing households. The intra-household dynamics of decision making and resource allocation have greatly impacted on the well-being of its members and the community it belongs (Yusof and Duasa, 2010). Though many factors influence this dynamics within households, whoever controls its resources determines household’s behaviour given the diverse preferences among the composing members (Angel-Urdinola and Wodon, 2010).…”

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Determinants of household health expenditure in Nigeria

Olasehinde

Olaniyan

2017

IJSE

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of health expenditure at the household level in Nigeria with specific focus on the household and individual unique characteristics. It presents some stylised facts about the Nigerian health system and its financing options. It went further to show that household is the major financial organ of healthcare in Nigeria. The study aims to expand the domain of household health expenditure by analysing at national, urban and rural levels. Design/methodology/approach It adopted Engel curve approach, which was estimated using ordinary least squares technique. The model was structured to take care of life-cycle implications by examining effects of age in years and age groups (0-9, 10-19, 20-39, 40-59 and 60+) on healthcare spending. Data were drawn from the 2010 Harmonised Nigeria Living Standards Survey (HNLSS) conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics and analyses were conducted nationally, for urban and rural locations. Findings The result shows that individual characteristics like age, religion, education and household characteristics like income, size and headship commonly influence healthcare expenditure in Nigeria significantly. The household-level variables possess stronger significant effects among the rural households while marital status and employment had differential effects in both urban and rural locations. It also confirmed that Nigeria engages in intergenerational transfer of healthcare by the working population to the young and older generations. Research limitations/implications HNLSS was only limited to those who were sick or injured in the last two weeks preceding the survey, leaving out those whose sickness preceded the two weeks before the survey. Also, the scope of health expenditure is limited to curative care spending that exclude expenses on preventive care, rehabilitative care as well as other cost-saving services. Originality/value This paper fulfils an identified need to examine the determinants of household health expenditure at the national, urban and rural locations.

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“…It is important to note that lack of women's empowerment manifests in various ways, including in the labour market (increase unemployment), increase poverty and limited economic opportunities (Guvuriro and Booysen, 2019). In line with the need for women's empowerment, Yusof and Duasa (2010) and Doepke and Tertt (2014) revealed that women's empowerment can influence the allocation of resources including those that concern children and the one that relates to national development. This study finds that women remain economically disadvantaged in Nigeria when compared to their men counterparts.…”

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Does women’s intra-household bargaining power have effect on child welfare? Evidence from farm households in Ogun state, Nigeria

Adekunle

Alori

Kutu

2021

AAS

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<p>This study examines whether greater women’s household bargaining power is associated with the improvement in children’s welfare in Ogun State, Nigeria. Using data from 320 farm households with a Logit regression model, the study revealed that 31.86 % of children under-five years of age were stunted, 32 % were underweight and 16.2 % were wasted. Children growing up healthy were 62 %, implying that one – third of under-five children in the study area still experience nutrition deficiency. About 3.33 % and 1.05 % children simultaneously experienced stunting and wasting together, which perhaps suggests a harsh deprivation environment. In addition, 63.33 % of women in the study area had low bargaining power implying that they lack control over important decisions in their households. Women who enjoy decision-making power in their households, particularly with large purchasing power, are associated with having children with better height-for-age, mass-for-age, and mass-for-height ratios. Women’s inequality as relates to intra-household bargaining power negatively affects children’s welfare and leads to chronic malnutrition. As a policy recommendation, it is therefore, important to enhance women’s status, which, with time will lead to more investment in their children’s education, health, and overall welfare.</p>

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Household Decision-Making and Expenditure Patterns of Married Men and Women in Malaysia

Abstract: Bargaining model, Decision-making, Expenditure, Household, Malaysia,

Cited by 38 publications

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Factors Affecting Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the MENA Region: A Systematic Review

Factors Affecting Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the MENA Region: A Systematic Review

Determinants of household health expenditure in Nigeria

Does women’s intra-household bargaining power have effect on child welfare? Evidence from farm households in Ogun state, Nigeria

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