TH1.1: A mixed-methods research tool for improving measurement and understanding of intra-household decision making

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dc.creatorMwakanyamale, Devis F.
dc.creatorJohn, Innocensia
dc.creatorHeckert, Jessica
dc.creatorFischer, Gundula
dc.creatorSeymour, Greg
dc.creatorFeleke, Shiferaw
dc.creatorFerguson, Nathaniel
dc.creatorCole, Steven M.
dc.date2022-10
dc.date2022-11-23T06:52:07Z
dc.date2022-11-23T06:52:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:27:03Z
dc.descriptionA key aspect of women's empowerment is participation in important intra-household decisions. This paper describes a new mixed-methods emic-informed approach that we developed involving multiple stakeholders to explore intra-household decision making on agriculture- and expenditure-related matters. The tool was piloted in cassava-producing districts in Kagera and Kigoma Regions of Tanzania. It first comprises a qualitative guide that was used to interview 40 dyads (mostly married couples) who grow, process, and/or trade cassava. We conducted thematic content analysis of these interviews and identified seven distinct patterns that dyads used to make decisions. These included: husband shares idea, discusses with wife, then (i) husband makes the final decision; (ii) wife makes the final decision; or (iii) they make a joint final decision. Alternatively, (iv) husband shares idea with his wife before he makes the final decision; or wife shares idea, discusses with husband, then (v) husband makes the final decision; (vi) wife makes the final decision; or (vii) they make a joint final decision. These patterns informed the development of vignettes that describe intra-household decision making, along with survey questions asking respondents which decision-making vignettes they most identify with and additional questions on why and how decisions are made in their households. Finally, these new modules were included in a multi-topic survey that was administered to around 1300 couples to validate the new decision-making modules. Our approach aims to help us better measure and understand intra-household decision making and its links to household-level economic, food, and nutrition security outcomes.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125619
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/104747
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMwakanyamale, Devis; John, Innocensia; Heckert, Jessica; Fischer, Gundula; Seymour, Greg; Feleke, Shiferaw; Ferguson, Nathaniel, Cole, Steven M. 2022. A mixed-methods research tool for improving measurement and understanding of intra-household decision making. Presented a the CGIAR GENDER Science Exchange, Nairobi, 12-14 October 2022. Ibadan: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.titleTH1.1: A mixed-methods research tool for improving measurement and understanding of intra-household decision making
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