What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter Most for Child Nutrition? Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data from Bangladesh
We use data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey to examine the relationship between women’s status and nutrition in Bangladesh using indicators of empowerment such as mobility, decisionmaking power, and attitudes toward verbal and physical abuse. We also examine the role of variab...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Bhagowalia, Priya Menon, Purnima Quisumbing, Agnes R. Soundararajan, Vidhya |
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| description | We use data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey to examine the relationship between women’s status and nutrition in Bangladesh using indicators of empowerment such as mobility, decisionmaking power, and attitudes toward verbal and physical abuse. We also examine the role of variables reflecting maternal education and height, in relation to child nutrition. All models control for age and sex of the child, household wealth, and region. Results from logit models indicate that both a greater degree of women’s empowerment and greater maternal endowments are associated with better long-term nutritional status of children. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1539232025-11-06T07:21:58Z What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter Most for Child Nutrition? Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data from Bangladesh Bhagowalia, Priya Menon, Purnima Quisumbing, Agnes R. Soundararajan, Vidhya child nutrition stunting gender domestic violence nutrition We use data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey to examine the relationship between women’s status and nutrition in Bangladesh using indicators of empowerment such as mobility, decisionmaking power, and attitudes toward verbal and physical abuse. We also examine the role of variables reflecting maternal education and height, in relation to child nutrition. All models control for age and sex of the child, household wealth, and region. Results from logit models indicate that both a greater degree of women’s empowerment and greater maternal endowments are associated with better long-term nutritional status of children. 2012 2024-10-01T13:58:24Z 2024-10-01T13:58:24Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153923 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bhagowalia, Priya; Menon, Purnima; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Soundararajan, Vidhya. 2012. What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter Most for Child Nutrition? Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data from Bangladesh. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1192. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153923 |
| spellingShingle | child nutrition stunting gender domestic violence nutrition Bhagowalia, Priya Menon, Purnima Quisumbing, Agnes R. Soundararajan, Vidhya What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter Most for Child Nutrition? Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data from Bangladesh |
| title | What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter Most for Child Nutrition? Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data from Bangladesh |
| title_full | What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter Most for Child Nutrition? Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data from Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter Most for Child Nutrition? Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data from Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter Most for Child Nutrition? Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data from Bangladesh |
| title_short | What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter Most for Child Nutrition? Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data from Bangladesh |
| title_sort | what dimensions of women s empowerment matter most for child nutrition evidence using nationally representative data from bangladesh |
| topic | child nutrition stunting gender domestic violence nutrition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153923 |
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