Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh

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dc.creatorSraboni, Esha
dc.creatorQuisumbing, Agnes R.
dc.date2018-02-13
dc.date2024-06-21T09:05:52Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:05:52Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:25:03Z
dc.descriptionUsing nationally representative survey data from rural Bangladesh, this paper examines the relationship between women’s empowerment in agriculture and indicators of individual dietary quality. Our findings suggest that women’s empowerment is associated with better dietary quality for individuals within the household, with varying effects across the life course. Women’s empowerment is associated with more diverse diets for children younger than five years, but empowerment measures are not consistently associated with increases in nutrient intake for this age group. Women’s empowerment is positively and significantly associated with adult men’s and women’s dietary diversity and nutrient intakes. Different empowerment domains may have different impacts on nutrition, but other characteristics, such as maternal schooling and household socioeconomic status, may play a more important role for younger children. The importance of maternal education in the dietary quality of young children, and the relatively greater importance of women’s empowerment for older children and adults, imply that policies designed to empower women and improve nutritional status should be informed by knowledge of which specific domains of women’s empowerment matter for particular nutritional outcomes at specific stages of the life course.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146115
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/103751
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154140
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153757
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150563
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133732
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.025
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.09.001
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.102001
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceSraboni, Esha; and Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2018. Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1709. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146115
dc.subjectnutritional status
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectwomen's empowerment
dc.subjectnutrient intake
dc.subjectempowerment
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectmicronutrient deficiencies
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjecttrace elements
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjectdietary diversity
dc.titleWomen’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh
dc.typeWorking Paper

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