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. 2017 Jun 21;16:107. doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0603-1

Table 3.

Studies with theoretical, hypothetical or general mention of determinants – author, year, determinant and food allocation outcome (n=29)

Author Year Determinant IHFA outcome
Bangladesh (n = 5)
 Chaudry [70] 1983 Household size Relative calorie adequacy
 Chen, Huq and d’Souza [4] 1981 Relative economic contributions Allocation of food quantity and quality
 Kabeer [44] 1988 Cultural beliefs / serving order Food allocation
 Rizvi [50] 1981 Relative social status Food allocation
 Rizvi [68] 1983 Household wealth (poverty)
Household size
Food allocation
India (n = 3)
 Cantor and Associates [31] 1973 Relative economic contributions (proxied by body size)
Household wealth
Food allocation
 Coffey, Khera and Spears [47] 2015 Relative social status Food allocation
 Das Gupta [49] 1996 Relative social status (having sons)
Nutrition knowledge
Relative calorie adequacy
Nepal (n = 1)
 Gittelsohn, Mookherji and Pelto [42] 1998 Cultural food beliefs
Household food insecurity
Food allocation
South Asia (n = 2)
 Agarwal [56] 1997 Bargaining power Food allocation
 Appadurai [8] 1981 Relative cultural status / life cycle in the household
Bargaining power
Interpersonal relationships
Food allocation
International (n = 16)
 DeRose, Das and Millman [14] 2000 Relative social status
Decision-making
Nutrition knowledge
Calorie and food allocation
 Haddad and Kanbur [25] 1990 Control over income
Food insecurity
Calorie and food allocation
 Haddad et al. [11] 1996 Decision-making (identify of decision-maker)
Food insecurity
Food allocation
 Haddad [54] 1999 Control over income
Food insecurity
Food allocation
 Kumar [26] 1983 Decision-making Food allocation
 Messer [48] 1997 Relative social status (the traditional role and perceptions of women)
Beliefs about fairness
Food allocation
 Pinstrup-Andersen [15] 1983 Nutritional need
Preferences
Decision-making
Household income
Food allocation
 Wheeler [12] 1991 Relative economic contributions
Beliefs about fairness
Bargaining power
Allocation of nutrient-rich foods
 Carloni [53] 1981 Decision-making
Social mobility / participation in shopping
Food allocation
 Hartog [28] 1972 Economic contributions
Cultural beliefs
Social status
Interpersonal relationships
Food allocation
 De Schutter [52] 2013 Beliefs about fairness
Control over food production or purchasing
Food insecurity
Food allocation
 Den Hartog [43] 2006 Religious beliefs
Beliefs about fairness
Food allocation
 Gunewardena [60] 2014 Food insecurity Food allocation
 Pelto [46] 1984 Social status (in relation to modernisation and urbanisation) Food allocation
 Ramachandran [55] 2007 Decision-making / control over income
Bargaining power
Food insecurity
Household composition (nuclear vs joint households)
Food allocation
 Van Esterik [29] 1985 Economic contributions
Overlap between cultural beliefs during pregnancy, social status, and poverty
Social mobility
Interpersonal relationships
Household size (number of senior women)
Religion
Food availability
Food allocation
No countries mentioned (n = 2)
 Doss [24] 1996 Relative economic contributions
Bargaining power
Food allocation
 Hamburg et al. [57] 2014 Interpersonal relationships Food sharing