Maternal Nutrition Knowledge and the Demand for Micronutrient-Rich Foods: Evidence from Indonesia

Steven Block

Journal of Development Studies, 2004, vol. 40, issue 6, 82-105

Abstract: This study applies both parametric and non-parametric techniques to a new household data set from rural Indonesia to explain previous findings of a reduced-form relationship between nutrition knowledge and child micronutrient status. Households of mothers with and without nutrition knowledge allocate identical budget shares to food; yet, within the food budget, 'knowledge' households allocate substantially larger shares to micronutrient-rich foods and smaller shares to rice than do 'non-knowledge' households. These differences are partially attributable to differences in maternal schooling, but nutrition knowledge has additional sources (in particular, access to the village health centre/posyandu) and independent explanatory power in conditioning the demand for micronutrient-rich foods.

Date: 2004
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