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Arulampalam, Wiji, Bhaskar , Anjor and Srivastava, Nisha (2016) Does greater autonomy among women provide the key to better child nutrition? Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1117).
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Abstract
We examine the link between a mother’s autonomy - the freedom and ability to think, express, act and make decisions independently - and the nutritional status of her children. We design a novel statistical framework that accounts for cultural and traditional environment, to create a measure of maternal autonomy, a concept that has rarely been examined previously as a factor in children’s nutritional outcomes. Using data from the Third Round of the National Family Health Survey for India, supplemented with our qualitative survey, and accounting for “son preference” by limiting analysis to first-born children under 18 months of age, we document that maternal autonomy has a positive impact on the long-term nutritional status of rural children.
| Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Children -- Nutrition -- Statistics -- India, Mothers -- Social aspects -- Statistics -- India | ||||
| Series Name: | Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) | ||||
| Publisher: | University of Warwick. Department of Economics | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||
| ISSN: | 0083-7350 | ||||
| Official Date: | March 2016 | ||||
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| Number: | 1117 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 50 | ||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||
| Grant number: | Grant number RES-238-25-0005: ESRC Pathfinder Research Projects | ||||
| Version or Related Resource: | This paper also appears as CAGE Discussion Paper No: 269 |
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