Food Security among Myanmarese Domestic Workers in Singapore

The project aims to investigate whether migrants’ increased personal food security and self-care needs during pandemic times negatively impact migrants’ remittance-sending behaviour and caring practices for left-behind family members. It aims to address the following empirical questions across ten key areas: 1) Questions related to FDWs cooking and food preparation practices vis-à-vis that of the household they are working for; 2) Questions related to FDWs access to grocery shopping and purchase practices; 3) Questions related to FDWs food consumption practices; 4) FDWs attitude toward and knowledge on nutrition and healthcare; 5) Remittance behaviour; 6) Rest day behaviours; 7) Concerns over food security in Singapore; 8) Concerns over family’s food security in Myanmar; 9) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and food and expenditure in Singapore as well as Myanmar; and 10) Digital practices surrounding food consumption.