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Table 3 Studies with theoretical, hypothetical or general mention of determinants – author, year, determinant and food allocation outcome (n=29)

From: Determinants of intra-household food allocation between adults in South Asia – a systematic review

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