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Intrahousehold Resource Allocation: Issues and Methods for Development Policy and Planning Papers Prepared for the Workshop on Methods of Measuring Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA, October 1983 Edited by Beatrice Lorge Rogers and Nina P. Schlossman
United Nations University Press
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Food and Nutrition Bulletin Supplement 15 This volume arises from the interest of the United Nations University in research contributing to the understanding and support of the central role of women in maintaining household nutrition and health under conditions of poverty. It constitutes a part of the University's Nutrition and Primary Health Care Project, and is based on a workshop funded by USAID that focused on the practical application of methodologies from the disciplines of anthropology, economics, and psychology to the analysis of household resource distribution issues. The objective was information that will help to avoid negative consequences and promote positive effects of development programmes. The book discusses not only measurement of intrahousehold food and health related behaviours, but also of how the household responds to economic and social changes and interventions. © The United Nations University, 1990 The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the United Nations University. United Nations University Press The United Nations University, Toho Seimei Building, 151 Shibuya 2chome, Shibuyaku, Tokyo 150, Japan, Tel.: (03) 4992811 Telex: J25442 Cable: UNATUNIV TOKYO Typeset by Asco Trade Typesetting Limited, Hong Kong Printed by Permanent Typesetting and Printing Co., Ltd, Hong Kong Cover design by Tsuneo Taniuchi WHTR13/UNUP733 ISBN 9280807331 United Nations Sales No. E.90.III.A.2 03500 P
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CONTENTS Foreword
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Acknowledgements
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1. The Internal Dynamics of Households: A Critical Factor in Development Policy
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Beatrice Lorge Rogers I. Conceptual Frameworks
Conceptual Frameworks
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Beatrice Lorge Rogers and Nina P. Schlossman 2. Programme Interventions, Intrahousehold Allocation, and the Welfare of Individuals: Economic Models of the Household
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Mark R. Rosenzweig 3. Peeking into the Black Box of Economic Models of the Household
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Jere R. Behrman 4. Intrahousehold Allocation of Resources: Perspectives from Anthropology
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Ellen Messer 5. Intrahousehold Allocation of Resources: Perspectives from Psychology
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Patrice L. Engle II. Methodological Approaches to Measurement Methodo logical Approaches to Measurement
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Beatrice Lorge Rogers and Nina P. Schlossman 6. Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in the Study of Intra household Resource Allocation
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Susan C.M. Scrimshaw 7. An Approach to the Study of Women's Productive Roles as a Determinant of Intrahousehold Allocation Patterns Lynn Bennett
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8. Household Organization and Expenditure in a Time Perspective: Social Processes of Change
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Elizabeth Jelín III. Measurement of Key Variables Measurement of Key Variables
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Beatrice Lorge Rogers and Nina P. Schlossman 9. Multiple Group Membership and Intrahousehold Resource Allocation
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Peter Heywood 10. Timeallocation Research: The Costs and Benefits of Alternative Methods
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Allen Johnson 11. Use of Emic Units for Timeuse Recall
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Marian Frank Zeitlin 12. Data on Food Consumption by Highrisk Family Members: Its Utility for Identifying Target Househo