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Women’s Status and Children’s Food Security in Nepal

This paper focuses on gender aspects upon children’s food security. Using data from the 1995/1996 Nepal Living Standards Survey, this study attempts to find evidence to whether children are heavier for their age, taller for their age or heavier for their height in families where mother’s intra-family status is relatively better. The relationship between mother’s intra-family status and children’s food security was analyzed with a linear model, where on the left hand side are children’s anthropometric z-scores and on the right hand side women’s status indicators and other factors affecting children’s food security. The test received significant positive evidence for the mother’s knowledge upon birth controlling, mother’s age at childbirth and the inter-spousal education difference. The boy preference shows in the results.
Publisher:
UNU-WIDER
Series:
WIDER Research Paper
Volume:
2007/84
Title:
Women’s Status and Children’s Food Security in Nepal
Authors:
Milla Nyyssölä
Publication date:
December 2007
ISSN Web:
1810-2611
ISBN 13 Web:
9789292300371
Copyright holder:
© UNU-WIDER
Copyright year:
2007
Keywords:
women’s status, gender, food security, children, Nepal, Asia
JEL:
J16, Q18, D63, I31
Project:
Gender and Food Security
Sponsor:
The governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency — Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
Format:
online