Intra-household inequality in food expenditures and diet quality in the Philippines

IF 5.6 1区农林科学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Food Security Pub Date : 2024-10-04 DOI:10.1007/s12571-024-01485-6

Zetianyu Wang, Anna Josephson, Felipe Dizon

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Abstract

Many welfare measures, including food expenditures and diet quality, are based on household-level aggregates. This is grounded in the assumption that resources are equally or equitably distributed among household members. Individual-level measures of food expenditures and diet quality may paint a more accurate picture of welfare. We find differences between household- and individual-level measurements of food expenditures and diet quality in the Philippines. We find that 25 percent of food poor individuals live in households that are not classified as food poor. This suggests potential misclassification of individuals if classifications are based on household-level measures. We further find intra-household inequalities in diet quality. Many women and children do not meet the recommended consumption for starchy staples and for meat, fish, and pulses, even within households which, in aggregate, are able to meet the recommended consumption. However, consumption of vegetables, fruits, eggs, and milk is equally low across all household members.

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菲律宾家庭内部在食品支出和饮食质量方面的不平等现象

许多福利措施，包括食品支出和饮食质量，都是基于家庭层面的总量。这是基于资源在家庭成员之间平等或公平分配的假设。个人层面的食品支出和饮食质量可能会更准确地反映福利状况。我们发现，在菲律宾，家庭和个人层面的食品支出和饮食质量测量结果存在差异。我们发现，25% 的粮食贫困人口生活在未被归类为粮食贫困人口的家庭中。这表明，如果根据家庭层面的衡量标准进行分类，可能会对个人进行错误分类。我们还发现家庭内部在饮食质量方面存在不平等。许多妇女和儿童的淀粉类主食以及肉类、鱼类和豆类的消费量达不到建议的标准，即使在总体上能够达到建议消费量的家庭中也是如此。然而，所有家庭成员的蔬菜、水果、鸡蛋和牛奶消费量同样很低。

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Food Security FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-

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14.00

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Food Security is a wide audience, interdisciplinary, international journal dedicated to the procurement, access (economic and physical), and quality of food, in all its dimensions. Scales range from the individual to communities, and to the world food system. We strive to publish high-quality scientific articles, where quality includes, but is not limited to, the quality and clarity of text, and the validity of methods and approaches. Food Security is the initiative of a distinguished international group of scientists from different disciplines who hold a deep concern for the challenge of global food security, together with a vision of the power of shared knowledge as a means of meeting that challenge. To address the challenge of global food security, the journal seeks to address the constraints - physical, biological and socio-economic - which not only limit food production but also the ability of people to access a healthy diet. From this perspective, the journal covers the following areas: Global food needs: the mismatch between population and the ability to provide adequate nutrition Global food potential and global food production Natural constraints to satisfying global food needs: § Climate, climate variability, and climate change § Desertification and flooding § Natural disasters § Soils, soil quality and threats to soils, edaphic and other abiotic constraints to production § Biotic constraints to production, pathogens, pests, and weeds in their effects on sustainable production The sociological contexts of food production, access, quality, and consumption. Nutrition, food quality and food safety. Socio-political factors that impinge on the ability to satisfy global food needs: § Land, agricultural and food policy § International relations and trade § Access to food § Financial policy § Wars and ethnic unrest Research policies and priorities to ensure food security in its various dimensions.