A gender approach to time and food security: a case study of Egypt

Abstract

Highlights 1. Egyptian rural women work significantly longer hours than men in total subsistence labor, shouldering most of the nonagricultural subsistence labor. 2. Although more rural women are engaged in agricultural subsistence labor tasks compared to men, rural men who confirm their involvement in subsistence labor spend significantly more time agricultural subsistence than women. 3. However, the impact of hours spent in subsistence agriculture by women in the household on the probability of their household’s food security was higher than that of men.

Keywords

• Women
• Agriculture
• Subsistence Labour
• ELMPS 2018
• Egypt
• Household Food Security