Sharing work and food within the household: Intra-couple time allocation effects on nutritional outcomes in rural Telangana, India
研究印度农村夫妇时间分配模式如何相互影响对方的营养摄入，发现一方增加经济活动时间会降低另一方的能量摄入充足度，对政策设计有参考价值。
In the context of the ongoing rural transformation in many countries, women’s opportunities for economic participation are expanding. However, there is limited understanding of how policy interventions can support rural households to adapt to the increasing opportunity cost of women’s time in household activities. This article presents empirical evidence on the relationship between couple interdependencies in time use and nutritional outcomes in rural Telangana, India. The study uses innovative datasets that combined accelerometer-based physical activity data, time use, food intake, and sociodemographic data – within the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) framework. Findings show that differences in time allocation patterns between spouses in a household affect individual nutritional outcomes; when the husband allocates more time to economic activities, it tends to reduce the adequacy of the wife’s energy intake; conversely, when the wife allocates more time to domestic activities, it tends to reduce the husband’s energy intake adequacy.