Women's Empowerment and Prevalence of Stunted and Underweight Children in Rural India

Katsushi Imai, Samuel Annim, Veena S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha
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Veena S. Kulkarni: Department of Criminology, Sociology & Geography, Arkansas State University, USA
Raghav Gaiha: Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India and Statistics and Studies for Development(SSD) Division, Strategy and Knowledge Management Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Italy

No DP2014-19, Discussion Paper Series from Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Abstract: This study investigates whether mother's empowerment measured by her education attainment relative to father's, domestic violence and autonomy is related to children's nutritional status using the three rounds of NFHS data in India. First, mother's relative education is associated with better nutritional status of children in the short run. Second, the quantile regression results show strong associations between women's empowerment and better nutritional status of children in the long run at the low end of its conditional distribution. Finally, we find the relation between access to health schemes and better nutritional measures of children.

Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2014-04
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Journal Article: Women’s Empowerment and Prevalence of Stunted and Underweight Children in Rural India (2014)
Working Paper: Women’s Empowerment and Prevalence of Stunted and Underweight Children in Rural India (2014)
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