Adaptation to climate variability and change in Uganda: Are there gender differences across households?

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This paper hypothesizes that adaptation to climate change is influenced by the gender of the decision maker of the household. Using a two-wave household panel survey dataset, choice of adaptation strategies employed by female- and male-headed households are examined. A multinomial logit model is used to examine factors determining adaptation choices by gender. Findings reveal that gender of the household head matters in adaptation to climate-induced shocks. Specific differences were found regarding responses during drought, regarding crop pest attacks, and livestock epidemics. Agro-ecological climate zones in which households live play a key role in adaptation options, yet gender matters.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-828-5
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2014/107

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
• Thema: adaptation ; climate change ; covariate shocks ; gender ; multinomial logit

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Guloba, Madina
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2014/828-5
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/103005
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ