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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Autores principales: Bhagowalia, Priya, Menon, Purnima, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Soundararajan, Vidhya
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153923
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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
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stunting
gender
domestic violence
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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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