Women's empowerment in agriculture and child nutritional status in rural Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between women's empowerment in agriculture and nutritional status among children under 2 years of age in rural Nepal.

Design

Cross-sectional survey of 4080 households conducted in 2012. Data collected included: child and maternal anthropometric measurements; child age and sex; maternal age, education, occupation and empowerment in agriculture; and household size, number of children, religion, caste and agro-ecological zone. Associations between the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)'s Five Domains of Empowerment (5DE) sub-index and its ten component indicators and child length-for-age Z-scores (LAZ) and weight-for-length Z-scores (WLZ) were estimated, using ordinary least-squares regression models, with and without adjustment

SUBMITTER: Cunningham K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271315 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature