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

Public Health Nutrition

George B Ploubidis¹  Kenda Cunningham¹  Ricardo Uauy¹  Marie Ruel¹  Elaine Ferguson¹  Suneetha Kadiyala¹  Purnima Menon¹ 

关键词: Women’s empowerment;    Agriculture;    Child nutrition;    South Asia;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980015000683

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

AbstractObjectiveTo examine the association between women’s empowerment in agriculture and nutritional status among children under 2 years of age in rural Nepal.DesignCross-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 adjustments for key child, maternal and household level covariates.SettingTwo hundred and forty rural communities across sixteen districts of Nepal.SubjectsChildren under 24 months of age and their mothers (n 1787).ResultsThe 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

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