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Household strategies in the face of resource scarcity in coastal Ghana: are they associated with development priorities?

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Hunter, Lori M.·2006·Population Research and Policy Review
DOI 10.1007/s11113-006-9002-9PMC PMC3162249
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In many developing regions, women and young girls spend several hours daily in the collection of natural resources. Still the link between these household resource strategies and stakeholder perceptions of development priorities remains unexplored. This project examines this association with survey data representative of the adult population from Ghana's Coastal Region. Although natural resource scarcity and the sustainability of resource use represent key development challenges, there are others (e.g., energy, sanitation, employment, and educational opportunities). As such, even in the face of natural resource scarcity, individuals may place greater importance on other dimensions of development, especially if household resource strategies are perceived as relatively efficient. The analytical focus here is on water and the results suggest that gender roles shape household water collection strategies, while also shaping these strategies' perceived opportunity costs. Specifically, Ghanian adults more often see drinking water provision as their primary development need when water sources are distant and/or when male household members collect water (particularly male heads). In the end, I argue that social science inquiry benefits by contextualizing social dynamics within environmental context, particularly within cultural settings in which human subsistence is intimately tied to the state of the natural environment.

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  • Within a household, there was substantial evidence that women as the primary carriers of water with prevalence estimates ranging from 61 to 79%.

    “Moreover, within a household, there was substantial evidence that women as the primary carriers of water with prevalence estimates ranging from 61 to 79% (Hunter, 2006;Bornman et al., 2012;Holvoet et al., 2016;Geere et al., 2018).”

    From A Systematic Review of Water and Gender Interlinkages: Assessing the Intersection With Health (2020) · cites this paper as Hunter, 2006

  • Males, but not females who fetched water >15 min, prioritized improving access to water over improving access to health services.

    “Interestingly, males, but not females who fetched water >15 min, prioritized improving access to water over improving access to health services (Hunter, 2006).”

    From A Systematic Review of Water and Gender Interlinkages: Assessing the Intersection With Health (2020) · cites this paper as Hunter, 2006

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Authors
Hunter, L. M.
Affiliations
University of Colorado Boulder (US)
Corresponding author
Hunter, Lori M.
ORCID
Hunter, Lori M.
Venue
Population Research and Policy Review
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2006-10-05
Volume
25
Issue
2
Pages
157-174
ISSN
  • 0167-5923 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-7829
DOI
10.1007/s11113-006-9002-9
PMC
PMC3162249
OpenAlex
W2063525521
Cited by
15
References
94
Citations by year
2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Population Research and Policy Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R21HD051146)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Resource Management and Quality
  • Social Sciences › Education › Gender, Education, and Development Issues
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Keywords
natural resource scarcity, development priorities, gender roles, water collection, opportunity cost, drinking water supply, coastal Ghana, stakeholder perspectives, household heads

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