Women’s empowerment and nutrition status: The case of iron deficiency in India
Abstract
In this paper we study the relationship between women’s empowerment in agriculture and their iron deficiency status in Maharashtra, India. This is the first time the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) has been used in association with explicit measurement of medical biomarkers for women’s iron deficiency status. Using primary data for 960 women we find that the log odds of a poor iron status in women decline as women’s empowerment...
Paper Details
Title
Women’s empowerment and nutrition status: The case of iron deficiency in India
Published Date
Oct 1, 2019
Journal
Volume
88
Pages
101763 - 101763
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