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_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Dar es Salaamen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeGender Equalityen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.creator.identifierJessica Heckert: 0000-0002-3022-8298en_US
cg.creator.identifierGreg Seymour: 0000-0002-2213-0450en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136594en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Divisionen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Divisionen_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformGenderen_US
dc.contributor.authorMwakanyamale, Devis F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCole, Steven M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHeckert, Jessicaen_US
dc.contributor.authorJohn, Innocensiaen_US
dc.contributor.authorFischer, Gundulaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSeymour, Gregen_US
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, Shiferawen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-13T21:49:50Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-02-13T21:49:50Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/128699en_US
dc.titleA process guide for the development of a mixed-methods research tool for measuring and understanding intra-household decision makingen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen_US
dcterms.available2023en_US
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_US
dcterms.extent63 p.en_US
dcterms.issued2023-02-11en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/136594en_US
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen_US
dcterms.subjecteconomicsen_US
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen_US
dcterms.subjectsurveysen_US
dcterms.subjectresearch methodsen_US
dcterms.subjectmenen_US
dcterms.subjectnutritionen_US
dcterms.subjectstakeholdersen_US
dcterms.subjectwomenen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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