Assets, Intra-Household Power and Vulnerability to Crisis Amongst the Urban Poor in India

该提案将对印度勒克瑙贫困家庭因应家庭经济危机(如疾病、洪水、失业)而出现的性别差异进行多方法研究。调查数据将在两年半的小组设计中分四次收集，以获得危机应对措施前后的衡量标准。家庭资产和决策权将在每一波浪潮中进行评估。定性数据将在实地工作开始和结束时收集。社区一级的重点小组将补充家庭和个人一级的数据，探讨关键的风险因素和可用于应对这些风险的社区资源。家庭内部的个人资产预计将成为谁受到危机影响最大的决定因素，但预计性别差异也将发挥独立作用。

This proposal will field a multi-method study of gender disparities in response to household economic crises (e.g., illness, floods, unemployment) among poor households in Lucknow, India. Survey data will be collected in four waves over a two and a half year panel design in order to obtain before and after measures of responses to crises. Household assets and decision making power will be evaluated at each wave. Qualitative data will be collected at the beginning and end of the field work. Household and individual-level data will be supplemented by community level focus groups exploring the key risk factors and community resources available to respond to those risks. Individual assets within the household are expected to be a determinant of who suffers most from crises, but gender differences are also expected to play an independent role.