Female work status and child nutritional outcome in Nigeria

Rama Lionel Ngenzebuke () and Yoko Akachi

No wp-2017-196, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper delves into the relationship between child nutritional outcome and (multiple) female work status in Nigeria from a micro perspective. The child nutritional outcome is proxied by child weight-for-age. Female work includes wage employment outside the household, household on-farm agricultural work, and household non-farm enterprise activities. Multilevel mixed-effects regression results show that female involvement in any type of work is positively and significantly associated with child weight-for-age.

Keywords: Women's work; Work status; Income effect; Child nutrition; Childcare; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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