Women’s empowerment in agriculture and child nutritional status in rural Nepal

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen
cg.coverage.countryNepalen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NPen
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen
cg.creator.identifierPurnima Menon: 0000-0001-5988-2894en
cg.creator.identifierMarie Ruel: 0000-0002-9506-348Xen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980015000683en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Divisionen
cg.identifier.publicationRankBen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1368-9800en
cg.issn1475-2727en
cg.issue17en
cg.journalPublic Health Nutritionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume18en
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, Kendaen
dc.contributor.authorPloubidis, George B.en
dc.contributor.authorMenon, Purnimaen
dc.contributor.authorRuel, Marie T.en
dc.contributor.authorKadiyala, Suneethaen
dc.contributor.authorUauy, Ricardoen
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Elaineen
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T02:52:26Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-01T02:52:26Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150590
dc.titleWomen’s empowerment in agriculture and child nutritional status in rural Nepalen
dcterms.abstractTo examine the association between women’s empowerment in agriculture and nutritional status among children under 2 years of age in rural Nepal.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-ageZ-scores (LAZ) and weight-for-lengthZ-scores (WLZ) were estimated, using ordinary least-squares regression models, with and without adjustments for key child, maternal and household level covariates.Two hundred and forty rural communities across sixteen districts of Nepal.Children under 24 months of age and their mothers (n1787).The overall WEAI 5DE was positively associated with LAZ (β=0·20,P=0·04). Three component indicators were also positively associated with LAZ: satisfaction with leisure time (β=0·27,P<0·01), access to and decisions regarding credit (β=0·20,P=0·02) and autonomy in production (β=0·10,P=0·04). No indicator of women’s empowerment in agriculture was associated with WLZ.Women’s empowerment in agriculture, as measured by the WEAI 5DE and three of its ten component indicators, was significantly associated with LAZ, highlighting the potential role of women’s empowerment in improving child nutrition in Nepal. Additional studies are needed to determine whether interventions to improve women’s empowerment will improve child nutrition.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCunningham, Kenda; Ploubidis, George B.; Menon, Purnima; Ruel, Marie T.; Kadiyala, Suneetha; Uauy, Ricardo; and Ferguson, Elaine. 2015. Women’s empowerment in agriculture and child nutritional status in rural Nepal. Public Health Nutrition 18(17): 3134 - 3145. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980015000683en
dcterms.extentpp. 3134-3145en
dcterms.issued2015-04-03en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden
dcterms.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/4859en
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectwomen's empowermenten
dcterms.subjectchild nutritionen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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