Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?

This study aimed to assess the sex preference in intra-household food distribution among school going siblings in a rural area of Bangladesh. The study also examines the effect of women's involvement in BRAC's rural development programme in reducing gender gaps in intrahousehold food al...

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Principais autores:	Roy, Rita Das, Hyder, SM Ziauddin, Chowdhury, AMR, Adams, Alayne
Formato:	Research report
Idioma:	English
Publicado em:	BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2019
Assuntos:	Women Food distribution BRAC Sex bias Intra-household Parenteral feeding of children Sex discrimination School children > Food Children > Nutrition Household surveys
Acesso em linha:	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12914

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spelling	10361-129142019-11-12T21:01:15Z Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution? Roy, Rita Das Hyder, SM Ziauddin Chowdhury, AMR Adams, Alayne Women Food distribution BRAC Sex bias Intra-household Parenteral feeding of children Sex discrimination School children--Food Children--Nutrition Household surveys This study aimed to assess the sex preference in intra-household food distribution among school going siblings in a rural area of Bangladesh. The study also examines the effect of women's involvement in BRAC's rural development programme in reducing gender gaps in intrahousehold food allocation. The study was conducted in 14 villages of :Matlab thana as one of the sub-studies of the BRAC-ICDDR,B joint research project. A total of 376 school-going siblings (188 brothers and 188 sisters) aged 10-14 years from BRAC member and no~-member households were included in this study. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used for data collection. One of the villages was chosen for direct observation of food distnoution behaviour of the food servers. The methodology also included six focus group discussions with mothers of the siblings in two selected villages; this helped to have further understanding of the issue. The survey found no significant sex bias in food distribution for 3 major daily meals. However, boys were given preference in distributing special foods such as meat, fish and milk products. Brothers conswned higher amount of special foods compared to their sisters (p<0.001). Direct observation of food distribution and focus group discussions indicated that preferential food distribution pattern favouring sons, which existed in the rural community irrespective of social classes. It was also found that food was more equitably distributed between sons and daughters within BRAC member households compared to non-member households. 2019-11-12T04:45:31Z 2019-11-12T04:45:31Z 1997 Research report Roy, R. D., Hyder, S. Z., Chowdhury, A., & Adams, A. (1997). Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution? Research Reports (1997): Health Studies, Vol - XXII, 234–257. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12914 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
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topic	Women Food distribution BRAC Sex bias Intra-household Parenteral feeding of children Sex discrimination School children--Food Children--Nutrition Household surveys
spellingShingle	Women Food distribution BRAC Sex bias Intra-household Parenteral feeding of children Sex discrimination School children--Food Children--Nutrition Household surveys Roy, Rita Das Hyder, SM Ziauddin Chowdhury, AMR Adams, Alayne Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?
description	This study aimed to assess the sex preference in intra-household food distribution among school going siblings in a rural area of Bangladesh. The study also examines the effect of women's involvement in BRAC's rural development programme in reducing gender gaps in intrahousehold food allocation. The study was conducted in 14 villages of :Matlab thana as one of the sub-studies of the BRAC-ICDDR,B joint research project. A total of 376 school-going siblings (188 brothers and 188 sisters) aged 10-14 years from BRAC member and no~-member households were included in this study. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used for data collection. One of the villages was chosen for direct observation of food distnoution behaviour of the food servers. The methodology also included six focus group discussions with mothers of the siblings in two selected villages; this helped to have further understanding of the issue. The survey found no significant sex bias in food distribution for 3 major daily meals. However, boys were given preference in distributing special foods such as meat, fish and milk products. Brothers conswned higher amount of special foods compared to their sisters (p<0.001). Direct observation of food distribution and focus group discussions indicated that preferential food distribution pattern favouring sons, which existed in the rural community irrespective of social classes. It was also found that food was more equitably distributed between sons and daughters within BRAC member households compared to non-member households.
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author	Roy, Rita Das Hyder, SM Ziauddin Chowdhury, AMR Adams, Alayne
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title	Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?
title_short	Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?
title_full	Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?
title_fullStr	Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?
title_full_unstemmed	Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?
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Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?

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