Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda

Although data on livestock ownership are often collected at the household level, not all members have same rights over livestock. In this paper, we investigate gendered patterns of in smallholder households Uganda using a unique set with information ownership, management, and decision-making across different types Drawing bundle frameworks, analysis demonstrates importance going beyond analyses to also consider these other rights. We find that people who claim be owners may management or fructus People latter without claiming ownership. discrepancies responses from spouses; they provide answers regarding owns has This suggests asymmetric potentially hiding animals one’s spouse.