A process guide for the development of a mixed-methods research tool for measuring and understanding intra-household decision making

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Dar es Salaamen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeGender Equality
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierJessica Heckert: 0000-0002-3022-8298
cg.creator.identifierGreg Seymour: 0000-0002-2213-0450
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136594en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.impactPlatformGender
dc.contributor.authorMwakanyamale, Devis F.en
dc.contributor.authorCole, Steven M.en
dc.contributor.authorHeckert, Jessicaen
dc.contributor.authorJohn, Innocensiaen
dc.contributor.authorFischer, Gundulaen
dc.contributor.authorSeymour, Gregen
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, Shiferawen
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-13T21:49:50Zen
dc.date.available2023-02-13T21:49:50Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/128699
dc.titleA process guide for the development of a mixed-methods research tool for measuring and understanding intra-household decision makingen
dcterms.abstractNumerous approaches have been developed by researchers for measuring intra-household decision making. Most use quantitative surveys that often rely on a standard set of questions that inquire about who contributes to key household decisions or women’s abilities to participate in these decisions. Such questions have been criticized for focusing too much on the identity of the decision maker and less on understanding why and how decisions get made within the household and on the multiple facets of women’s roles in decision-making processes1. To address the shortcomings of current approaches, we (an interdisciplinary group of applied gender and agriculture researchers) developed a transdisciplinary and mixed-methods approach that can be adapted across livelihoods and geographies to measure intra-household decision making and shed light on the “who,” “why,” and “how” of important household decisions. This guide describes the transdisciplinary process that was used to develop the mixed-methods research tool for understanding and measuring intra-household decision making. In our approach, we focus on measuring who makes which decisions, how, and why and how this influences food, nutrition, and economic security outcomes. This guide, therefore, provides a base for other researchers and development practitioners to develop a context-specific mixed-methods tool for understanding and measuring intra-household decision making.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.available2023
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMwakanyamale, Devis; Cole, Steven; Heckert, Jessica; John, Innocensia; Fischer, Gundua; Seymour, Greg; and Feleke, Shiferaw. 2023. A process guide for the development of a mixed-methods research tool for measuring and understanding intra-household decision making. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136594.en
dcterms.extent63 p.en
dcterms.issued2023-02-11
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/136594en
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen
dcterms.subjecteconomicsen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectsurveysen
dcterms.subjectresearch methodsen
dcterms.subjectmenen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectstakeholdersen
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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