Child Under-weight and Agricultural Productivity in India

Swarna Sadasivam Vepa, Brinda Viswanathan, Bhavani R. V. and Rohit Parasar ()

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2015, vol. 47, issue 4, 579-587

Abstract: A recent global hunger index indicated a 12 percent decline in child underweight rates. This study attempts an empirical explanation of the factors that influence child underweight rates at the district level. Agricultural land productivity, share of women educated above the secondary level and participating in work, maternal, and child health seem to contribute to the reduction in child underweight. However government health and water supply facilities turn out to be ineffective.

Keywords: agricultural productivity; child underweight; women’s agency; public provisioning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/0486613415584587

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