Resources, roles and relationships: What qualitative research can reveal about resources within the household

Fran Bennett

Chapter 2 in A Research Agenda for Financial Resources within the Household, 2024, pp 33-48 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter focuses on learning from qualitative investigations of processes of handling resources within households and their outcomes. Models can suggest how households may deal with resources, and surveys can collect representative data by asking people about their behaviour and opinions in relation to resources within households. But qualitative methods can explore the meanings attached to different resources and to concepts of pooling or sharing them, as well as the interaction of relationship dynamics, individual identities and the organisation and distribution of resources within households (including gendered money management roles). This chapter draws on qualitative research from the global north and south, and different disciplines, to discuss important issues, including meanings ascribed by individuals; roles, relationships and identities; and values and beliefs. It describes a United Kingdom-based study of low-/moderate-income couples intended to help tease out gendered ideas of financial autonomy and (inter)dependence and concludes by suggesting directions for future research.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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