加纳农村地区与水有关的知识,感知和治理中的性别差异:通过自然语言处理增强的定性研究的见解
Lucía Nadal1, Caroline Delaire1, Bashiru Yachori2
1The Aquaya Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|July 6, 2025
概括
这项研究揭示了加纳农村地区对水资源管理看法的细微性别差异. 女性专注于水质和健康,而男性则强调治理,强调水资源管理中的不同角色.
科学领域:
- 水资源管理水资源的管理.
- 性别研究是关于性别的研究.
- 水的社会学 水的社会学.
背景情况:
- 在与水有关的劳动分工和决策中存在着持续的性别不平等.
- 对这些性别动态的理解往往局限于一般化的叙述.
- 本研究解决了对水治理中的性别差异进行细致研究的需要.
研究的目的:
- 检查加纳农村水知识,感知和治理方面的性别差异.
- 为了比较男女对饮用水源和治理结构的看法.
- 引入一种创新的研究方法,整合定性主题分析和自然语言处理 (NLP).
主要方法:
- 在加纳农村地区与女性 (n=30) 和男性 (n=25) 进行了重点小组讨论 (2023年1月至3月).
- 采用了使用Nvivo进行FGD转录的定性主题分析.
- 利用自然语言处理 (NLP) 工具,包括情绪分析,来检查编码文本.
主要成果:
- 定性分析显示,女性对水质 (感官参数,健康结果) 的细节关注,与男性对治理的更广泛关注形成鲜明对比.
- 与男性相比,NLP结果表明女性对化有更负面的看法,对水处理有更高的认识.
- 这两种方法都显示出对治理的共同挫折感,但没有统一的要求增加女性参与.
结论:
- 确定了关于饮用水的细微性别观念和复杂的性别动态.
- 妇女积极参与水资源管理可能会提高水处理和水质.
- 综合的定性和NLP方法增强了性别和水研究中发现的分析深度和验证.
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