Gender disparities in expenditure of income from tobacco in Urambo District, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorChombo, Timothy P.
dc.contributor.authorKayunze, Kim A.
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-31T08:57:38Z
dc.date.available2023-07-31T08:57:38Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionDeveloping Country Studies Article. Vol.3, No.4,en_US
dc.description.abstractIn Tanzania, gender education has been being provided through various mass media. Therefore, it was expected that family resources would be equitably, if not equally, utilized. However, incidents of men squandering income from tobacco and denying their wives of benefiting from the income are common in Urambo District where the most important cash crop is tobacco. The reasons for this problem are not clear. Thus, the research from which this paper has emanated was conducted in the district during the agricultural season 2009/10 to determine gender-based factors for equitable and inequitable expenditure of income from tobacco. It was found that men’s proportion of expenditures (35.2%) and that of women (12.1%) of the household income were significantly different at the 0.1% level of significance (p = 0.000). Ten percent (10.0%) was spent by children, and 42.7% was spent by whole households, i.e. family-wide expenditures. This implies great disparity in expenditure of tobacco income as men spend disproportionately higher than women and children. Patriarchy, women’s humility and fear of being divorced appeared to be among the main factors for the disproportional expenditures. The results substantiate the need for more efforts in provision of gender education through mass media and training on financial management among tobacco farmers.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2224-607X
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5493
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIISTEen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectExpenditure-income-tobaccoen_US
dc.subjectEquityen_US
dc.subjectEqualityen_US
dc.titleGender disparities in expenditure of income from tobacco in Urambo District, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttps://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/DCS/article/download/5079/5173en_US

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