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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (1) Autor Bhagowalia, Priya (1) Menon, Purnima (1) Quisumbing, Agnes R. (1) Soundararajan, Vidhya (1) Palavra-chave Domestic violence (1) Empowerment (1) Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (1) Food Security and Poverty (1) Gender (1) International Development (1) Malnutrition (1) Mais... Tipo do documento Conference Paper or Presentation (1) Ano 2010 (1) País United States (1) Idioma Inglês (1)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última Unpacking the Links Between Women's Empowerment and Child Nutrition Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data From Bangladesh AgEcon Bhagowalia, Priya; Menon, Purnima; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Soundararajan, Vidhya. This paper examines the relationship between gender inequality and nutrition using direct indicators of empowerment such as mobility, decision-making power, and attitudes towards verbal and physical abuse. Our approach draws on the theory of the household as a utility maximizing unit that uses women’s status and characteristics as inputs to produce a final good, child health. Indices that capture distinct dimensions of women’s empowerment are used as explanatory variables along with controls for age and sex of the child, maternal height and education. Results from Logit models indicate that a greater degree of women’s empowerment is associated with better long term nutritional status of children. Attitudes towards domestic violence have a significant... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Malnutrition; Gender; Domestic violence; Empowerment; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61273 Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última

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