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0138/2024 - Gender and income inequalities in Brazilian households: implications for food security and nutrition
Desigualdades de gênero e renda das famílias brasileiras: implicações para a segurança alimentar e nutricional

Author:

• Aléxia Vieira de Abreu Rodrigues - Rodrigues, A. V. de A. - <alexiaabreurodrigues@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-6205

Co-author(s):

• Delaine Martins Costa - Costa, D. M. - <delaine.costa@gmail.com, delaine.costa@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2222-5676
• Rosana Salles Costa - Costa, R. S. - <rosana@nutricao.ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2307-4083


Abstract:

In Brazil, the articulation between the problem of combating hunger and income transfer policies deepened the debate on food insecurity (FI). Limited access to income may explain the greater vulnerability of families with a female reference person to severe FI. The article aims to investigate the difference in the participation of earningswork, benefits and social programs in the income of families in food security (FS) and severe FI, according to the gender of the reference person. Quantitative study that analyzed data37,927 householdsthe 2018 Household Budget Survey. The difference in the participation of incomework, retirement, pension, and the Bolsa Família Program (PBF) in family income was analyzed according to per capita income and situation of AS and severe FI, assessed by the Brazilian Scale of Food Insecurity. The analysis privileged the concept of the sexual division of labor, and the results revealed a greater participation of the PBF for families with a female reference person when in FS and with lower income. The greater contribution of conditional cash transfers to these families reaffirms their importance as a mechanism for social protection and reduction of inequalities, while at the same time reinforcing the prioritization of women in reproductive work.

Keywords:

Food insecurity, Hunger, Income, Gender

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Gender and income inequalities in Brazilian households: implications for food security and nutrition


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Rodrigues, A. V. de A., Costa, D. M., Costa, R. S.. Gender and income inequalities in Brazilian households: implications for food security and nutrition. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2024/Apr). [Citado em 24/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/gender-and-income-inequalities-in-brazilian-households-implications-for-food-security-and-nutrition/19186?id=19186



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