Gender, time-use, and energy expenditures in rural communities in India and Nepal
Women’s patterns of time-use, which proxy the work burdens associated with productive and reproductive activities, are an important determinant of nutrition and well-being in LMICs. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on how patterns of time-use translate into patterns of physical activit...
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| author | Picchioni, Fiorella Zanello, Giacomo Srinivasan, C. S. Wyatt, Amanda Webb, Patrick |
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| description | Women’s patterns of time-use, which proxy the work burdens associated with productive and reproductive activities, are an important determinant of nutrition and well-being in LMICs. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on how patterns of time-use translate into patterns of physical activity and energy expenditure, particularly in rural areas where seasonal agricultural labour plays such an important role. We address this gap by integrating energy expenditure data derived from wearable tri-axial accelerometers with time-use data from conventional recall-based surveys. Using datasets from agricultural households in four rural communities in India and Nepal, our results show that there are significant gender differences in the patterns of time-use and energy expenditure. Men and women participate equally in productive work, however, women shoulder most of the additional reproductive work burdens in rural households at the expense of leisure opportunities. Our results provide insights into women’s responses to opportunities for productive work and highlight the nature of trade-offs they face. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1429622024-10-25T08:03:58Z Gender, time-use, and energy expenditures in rural communities in India and Nepal Picchioni, Fiorella Zanello, Giacomo Srinivasan, C. S. Wyatt, Amanda Webb, Patrick rural communities gender energy expenditure labour livelihoods time time use patterns seasonality Women’s patterns of time-use, which proxy the work burdens associated with productive and reproductive activities, are an important determinant of nutrition and well-being in LMICs. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on how patterns of time-use translate into patterns of physical activity and energy expenditure, particularly in rural areas where seasonal agricultural labour plays such an important role. We address this gap by integrating energy expenditure data derived from wearable tri-axial accelerometers with time-use data from conventional recall-based surveys. Using datasets from agricultural households in four rural communities in India and Nepal, our results show that there are significant gender differences in the patterns of time-use and energy expenditure. Men and women participate equally in productive work, however, women shoulder most of the additional reproductive work burdens in rural households at the expense of leisure opportunities. Our results provide insights into women’s responses to opportunities for productive work and highlight the nature of trade-offs they face. 2020-12-01 2024-05-22T12:11:24Z 2024-05-22T12:11:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142962 en Open Access Elsevier Picchioni, Fiorella; Zanello, Giacomo; Srinivasan, C. S.; Wyatt, Amanda J.; and Webb, Patrick. 2020. Gender, time-use, and energy expenditures in rural communities in India and Nepal. World Development 136(December 2020): 105137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105137 |
| spellingShingle | rural communities gender energy expenditure labour livelihoods time time use patterns seasonality Picchioni, Fiorella Zanello, Giacomo Srinivasan, C. S. Wyatt, Amanda Webb, Patrick Gender, time-use, and energy expenditures in rural communities in India and Nepal |
| title | Gender, time-use, and energy expenditures in rural communities in India and Nepal |
| title_full | Gender, time-use, and energy expenditures in rural communities in India and Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Gender, time-use, and energy expenditures in rural communities in India and Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender, time-use, and energy expenditures in rural communities in India and Nepal |
| title_short | Gender, time-use, and energy expenditures in rural communities in India and Nepal |
| title_sort | gender time use and energy expenditures in rural communities in india and nepal |
| topic | rural communities gender energy expenditure labour livelihoods time time use patterns seasonality |
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