Women’s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal

We use household survey data from Nepal to investigate relationships between women's empowerment in agriculture and production diversity on maternal and child dietary diversity and anthropometric outcomes. Production diversity is positively associated with maternal and child dietary diversity, and w...

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Autores principales: Malapit, Hazel J., Kadiyala, Suneetha, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Cunningham, Kenda, Tyagi, Parul
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Taylor and Francis 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150593
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author Malapit, Hazel J.
Kadiyala, Suneetha
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Cunningham, Kenda
Tyagi, Parul
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Kadiyala, Suneetha
Malapit, Hazel J.
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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description We use household survey data from Nepal to investigate relationships between women's empowerment in agriculture and production diversity on maternal and child dietary diversity and anthropometric outcomes. Production diversity is positively associated with maternal and child dietary diversity, and weight-for-height z-scores. Women's group membership, control over income, reduced workload, and overall empowerment are positively associated with better maternal nutrition. Control over income is positively associated with height-for-age z-scores (HAZ), and a lower gender parity gap improves children's diets and HAZ. Women's empowerment mitigates the negative effect of low production diversity on maternal and child dietary diversity and HAZ.
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spelling CGSpace1505932025-12-08T10:29:22Z Women’s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal Malapit, Hazel J. Kadiyala, Suneetha Quisumbing, Agnes R. Cunningham, Kenda Tyagi, Parul income gender surveys households nutrition diet diversification We use household survey data from Nepal to investigate relationships between women's empowerment in agriculture and production diversity on maternal and child dietary diversity and anthropometric outcomes. Production diversity is positively associated with maternal and child dietary diversity, and weight-for-height z-scores. Women's group membership, control over income, reduced workload, and overall empowerment are positively associated with better maternal nutrition. Control over income is positively associated with height-for-age z-scores (HAZ), and a lower gender parity gap improves children's diets and HAZ. Women's empowerment mitigates the negative effect of low production diversity on maternal and child dietary diversity and HAZ. 2015-09-04 2024-08-01T02:52:27Z 2024-08-01T02:52:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150593 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.102001 Open Access Taylor and Francis Malapit, Hazel J.; Kadiyala, Suneetha; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Cunningham, Kenda; and Tyagi, Parul. 2015. Women’s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal. The Journal of Development Studies. Special Issue: Farm-level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status. 51(8): 1097 - 1123. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2015.1018904
spellingShingle income
gender
surveys
households
nutrition
diet
diversification
Malapit, Hazel J.
Kadiyala, Suneetha
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Cunningham, Kenda
Tyagi, Parul
Women’s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal
title Women’s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal
title_full Women’s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal
title_fullStr Women’s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Women’s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal
title_short Women’s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal
title_sort women s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in nepal
topic income
gender
surveys
households
nutrition
diet
diversification
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150593
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