Toward understanding the value of intra-household survey data for age- based food targeting
| dc.creator | Haddad, Lawrence James | |
| dc.creator | Kanbur, Ravi | |
| dc.date | 1995-09 | |
| dc.date | 2025-01-29T12:58:48Z | |
| dc.date | 2025-01-29T12:58:48Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T15:29:12Z | |
| dc.description | Through the use of a stylized, age-based eligibility feeding programme, we attempt to quantify the benefit of having individual- (as opposed to household-) level food intake data when it comes to targeting food transfers on the basis of age. In this context we show how optimum age eligibility cut-offs depend on the availability of intra-household data on food intake. Second, we provide quantitative estimates of the valeue of intra-household information and of knowledge of the process of intra-household allocation of calvies. Age proved to be a good indicator of individual calorie deficit. However, this was not the case with household-level calorie adequacy, which rendered age apparently less useful as a targeting instrument, often at considerable calorie cost. Food sharing within the household, on the other hand, rendered age impotent as a targeting instrument because of within-household leakage. If age is to be used as an effective eligibility criterion for a food transfer, the implementation of that transfer has to ensure minimum leakage to other household members. This type of exploratory analysis is one step toward quantifying the usefulness of intra-household data in the design of nutrition interventions. The costs of collecting intra-household data may outweigh the benefits, but the experiments presensed begin to answer questions about the costs of not collecting them. | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171824 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/105855 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | |
| dc.rights | Limited Access | |
| dc.source | Haddad, Lawrence James; Kanbur, Ravi. 1995. Toward understanding the value of intra-household survey data for age- based food targeting. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 16(3): 187-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/156482659501600302 | |
| dc.subject | nutrition surveys | |
| dc.title | Toward understanding the value of intra-household survey data for age- based food targeting | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |