Women's empowerment, household dietary diversity, and child anthropometry among vulnerable populations in Odisha, India.

ABSTRACT: Women's empowerment has been promoted by researchers and development practitioners as one of the most promising strategies to address widespread hunger and malnutrition. However, the relationship between women's empowerment and dietary diversity and child nutrition has rarely been studied among vulnerable populations or individuals at greater risk of poor physical and social health status. Moreover, the effects of different domains of women's empowerment on nutritional outcomes, including dietary diversity and child anthropometry, have rarely been examined, especially with panel data. Using two rounds of panel data from 1900 households and fixed effects regression models, we analyze the effect of women's empowerment on household dietary diversity score (HDDS) and child anthropometry among

SUBMITTER: Ogutu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11302906 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature