Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh
Using nationally representative survey data from rural Bangladesh, this paper examines the relationship between women’s empowerment in agriculture and indicators of individual dietary quality. Our findings suggest that women’s empowerment is associated with better dietary quality for individuals wit...
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| author | Sraboni, Esha Quisumbing, Agnes R. |
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| description | Using nationally representative survey data from rural Bangladesh, this paper examines the relationship between women’s empowerment in agriculture and indicators of individual dietary quality. Our findings suggest that women’s empowerment is associated with better dietary quality for individuals within the household, with varying effects across the life course. Women’s empowerment is associated with more diverse diets for children younger than five years, but empowerment measures are not consistently associated with increases in nutrient intake for this age group. Women’s empowerment is positively and significantly associated with adult men’s and women’s dietary diversity and nutrient intakes. Different empowerment domains may have different impacts on nutrition, but other characteristics, such as maternal schooling and household socioeconomic status, may play a more important role for younger children. The importance of maternal education in the dietary quality of young children, and the relatively greater importance of women’s empowerment for older children and adults, imply that policies designed to empower women and improve nutritional status should be informed by knowledge of which specific domains of women’s empowerment matter for particular nutritional outcomes at specific stages of the life course. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1461152025-11-06T06:45:34Z Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh Sraboni, Esha Quisumbing, Agnes R. nutritional status gender women's empowerment nutrient intake empowerment agriculture micronutrient deficiencies nutrition trace elements diet dietary diversity Using nationally representative survey data from rural Bangladesh, this paper examines the relationship between women’s empowerment in agriculture and indicators of individual dietary quality. Our findings suggest that women’s empowerment is associated with better dietary quality for individuals within the household, with varying effects across the life course. Women’s empowerment is associated with more diverse diets for children younger than five years, but empowerment measures are not consistently associated with increases in nutrient intake for this age group. Women’s empowerment is positively and significantly associated with adult men’s and women’s dietary diversity and nutrient intakes. Different empowerment domains may have different impacts on nutrition, but other characteristics, such as maternal schooling and household socioeconomic status, may play a more important role for younger children. The importance of maternal education in the dietary quality of young children, and the relatively greater importance of women’s empowerment for older children and adults, imply that policies designed to empower women and improve nutritional status should be informed by knowledge of which specific domains of women’s empowerment matter for particular nutritional outcomes at specific stages of the life course. 2018-02-13 2024-06-21T09:05:52Z 2024-06-21T09:05:52Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146115 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154140 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153757 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150563 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133732 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.09.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.102001 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Sraboni, Esha; and Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2018. Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1709. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146115 |
| spellingShingle | nutritional status gender women's empowerment nutrient intake empowerment agriculture micronutrient deficiencies nutrition trace elements diet dietary diversity Sraboni, Esha Quisumbing, Agnes R. Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh |
| title | Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh |
| title_full | Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh |
| title_short | Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh |
| title_sort | women s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course evidence from bangladesh |
| topic | nutritional status gender women's empowerment nutrient intake empowerment agriculture micronutrient deficiencies nutrition trace elements diet dietary diversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146115 |
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