Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda

Although data on livestock ownership are often collected at the household level, not all household members have the same rights over the livestock. In this paper, we investigate the gendered patterns of livestock ownership in smallholder households in Uganda using a unique data set with information...

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Autores principales: Hillesland, Marya, Doss, Cheryl R., Slavchevska, Vanya, Querejeta, Martina
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171513
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author Hillesland, Marya
Doss, Cheryl R.
Slavchevska, Vanya
Querejeta, Martina
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description Although data on livestock ownership are often collected at the household level, not all household members have the same rights over the livestock. In this paper, we investigate the gendered patterns of livestock ownership in smallholder households in Uganda using a unique data set with information on ownership, management, and decision-making across different types of livestock. Drawing on the bundle of rights frameworks, the analysis demonstrates the importance of going beyond analyses of ownership to also consider these other rights. We find that people who claim to be owners may not have the management or fructus rights. People also may have these latter rights without claiming ownership. We also find discrepancies in the responses from spouses; they provide different answers regarding who owns and has the rights over livestock. This suggests patterns of asymmetric information and potentially the hiding of animals from one’s spouse.
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spelling CGSpace1715132025-10-26T12:54:41Z Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda Hillesland, Marya Doss, Cheryl R. Slavchevska, Vanya Querejeta, Martina data data analysis decision making gender gender analysis households livestock men ownership smallholders women Although data on livestock ownership are often collected at the household level, not all household members have the same rights over the livestock. In this paper, we investigate the gendered patterns of livestock ownership in smallholder households in Uganda using a unique data set with information on ownership, management, and decision-making across different types of livestock. Drawing on the bundle of rights frameworks, the analysis demonstrates the importance of going beyond analyses of ownership to also consider these other rights. We find that people who claim to be owners may not have the management or fructus rights. People also may have these latter rights without claiming ownership. We also find discrepancies in the responses from spouses; they provide different answers regarding who owns and has the rights over livestock. This suggests patterns of asymmetric information and potentially the hiding of animals from one’s spouse. 2023-12-31 2025-01-29T12:58:17Z 2025-01-29T12:58:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171513 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Hillesland, Marya; Doss, Cheryl; Slavchevska, Vanya; and Querejeta, Martina. 2023. Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 2023, 21(1): 2220929. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2023.2220929
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data analysis
decision making
gender
gender analysis
households
livestock
men
ownership
smallholders
women
Hillesland, Marya
Doss, Cheryl R.
Slavchevska, Vanya
Querejeta, Martina
Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda
title Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda
title_full Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda
title_fullStr Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda
title_short Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda
title_sort who claims the rights to livestock gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in uganda
topic data
data analysis
decision making
gender
gender analysis
households
livestock
men
ownership
smallholders
women
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171513
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