@article{Rathnayake:205927,
      recid = {205927},
      author = {Rathnayake, Ishara and Weerahewa, Jeevika},
      title = {An Assessment of Intra-household Allocation of Food: A  Case Study of the Urban Poor in Kandy},
      journal = {Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {2002},
      number = {1381-2016-115737},
      pages = {12},
      year = {2002},
      abstract = {Malnutrition among children and women continues to be one  of the major problems in Sri Lanka despite the food and  nutritional intervention programs implemented since  independence. The objectives of this study were to find out  whether there is calorie malnutrition among the urban poor  in Kandy and to find out the determinants of the  intra-household allocation of calories.  Calorie adequacy  ratios of fathers, mothers and children were compared to  find out whether there is calorie malnutrition among family  members. Relative calorie allocation of individuals was  regressed with socio-economic variables to find the  determinants of the intra-household calorie allocation.  Primary data collected using a structured questionnaire  from sixty households in the lower income group in urban  Kandy was used for the analysis. Results show that there  was a significant difference among calorie adequacy ratios  of fathers, mothers and children. Fathers have the highest  and children have the lowest mean calorie adequacy ratios.  Regression results indicate that income of mother and  family size  have significant positive and negative impacts  respectively on mother’s relative calorie allocation.   Results also show that there was an age and gender biased  calorie allocation within the family. Income of mother had  a negative effect on children’s calorie allocation.  Though  expansion in employment opportunities could alleviate  malnutrition among women, it may aggravate malnutrition  among children.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/205927},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.205927},
}