Gender‐Sensitive Resilience in Kyrgyz Households: Latent Profile and Cross‐Lagged Dynamic Panel Approaches

ABSTRACT Resilience is still conceptualised as gender‐neutral in research and policy discussions. However, a gendered resilience framework suggests that gender roles and intra‐household dynamics are intricately linked with household resilience. This manuscript aims to analyse the effect of gender role attitudes on climate change resilience. The study uses the ‘Life in Kyrgyzstan’ survey for four waves between 2012 and 2019. The estimation employs latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify homogeneous profiles based on gender role attitudes. The findings from the LPA approach produce three homogeneous clusters: ‘Low Egalitarian’, ‘Medium Egalitarian’ and ‘High Egalitarian’ profiles. The estimation strategy also incorporates the Resilience Index Measurement Analysis (RIMA) framework to construct the Resilience Capacity Index (RCI), based on four pillars: Access to Basic Services (ABS), Assets (AST), Social Safety Nets (SSN) and Adaptive Capacity (AC). To examine the potential causal relationship between gender role attitudes and resilience, the manuscript utilises a cross‐lagged panel model approach. Findings confirm that more egalitarian attitudes or moving from a ‘Low Egalitarian’ to a ‘High Egalitarian’ profile positively affect household resilience pillars, particularly through AC and SSN. The findings support the development of a policy that promotes a gendered approach to climate change resilience in Kyrgyzstan.