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Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of Kenya

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dc.contributor.author Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu
dc.contributor.author Obare, Gideon A.
dc.contributor.author Kariuki, Isaac Maina
dc.contributor.author Muricho, Geoffrey Simiyu
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.date.accessioned 2021-07-22T07:59:58Z
dc.date.available 2021-07-22T07:59:58Z
dc.identifier.uri http://41.89.96.81:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2703
dc.description.abstract 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 coun- tries. 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 en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Taylor & Francis en_US
dc.subject Gender en_US
dc.subject Household en_US
dc.subject Food security en_US
dc.title Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of Kenya en_US
dc.type Other en_US


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