Escuela de Nutricion y Dietetica, Facultad de Ciencias para el Cuidado de la Salud, Universidad San Sebastian, Santiago, Chile.
Escuela de Economia, Facultad de Economia, Gobierno y Comunicaciones, Universidad Central de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
PLoS One. 2023 Aug 15;18(8):e0287593. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287593. eCollection 2023.
Previous research has shown that woman-headed households, more than man-headed ones, experience food insecurity. The purpose of this article is to contribute on the determinants that are linked to this gender disparity. Using a nationally representative dataset from Chile, we found that food security household head gender disparity is associated with marital status (having or not a partner) and household composition (having children or seniors). In contrast, gender disparity is not strongly associated with household income and household head educational differences. In this way, we expect to bring evidence to inform new alternatives that help mitigate food security gender disparity.
先前的研究表明，女性为户主的家庭比男性为户主的家庭更容易经历粮食不安全。本文旨在探讨与这种性别差异相关的决定因素。利用智利全国代表性数据集，我们发现，粮食安全家庭户主的性别差异与婚姻状况（是否有伴侣）和家庭构成（是否有孩子或老人）有关。相比之下，性别差异与家庭收入和户主教育差异没有很强的关联。通过这种方式，我们希望提供证据，为缓解粮食安全性别差异提供新的选择。
