Child Under-weight and Agricultural Productivity in India: Implications for Public Provisioning and Women’s Agency

Child Under-weight and Agricultural Productivity in India Implications for Public Provisioning and Women’s Agency

A recent global hunger index indicated a 12 percent decline in child underweight rates. This study attempts an empirical explanation of the factors that influence child underweight rates at the district level. Agricultural land productivity, share of women educated above the secondary level and part...

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Published in:The Review of radical political economics Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 579 - 587
Main Authors: Vepa, Swarna Sadasivam, Viswanathan, Brinda, R. V., Bhavani, Parasar, Rohit
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-12-2015
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Childrens health
Educational attainment
Females
Hunger
India
Land
Level of education
Malnutrition
Productivity
Studies
Water supply
Women
Working women
India
II
agricultural productivity
women’s agency
public provisioning
child underweight
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Summary:A recent global hunger index indicated a 12 percent decline in child underweight rates. This study attempts an empirical explanation of the factors that influence child underweight rates at the district level. Agricultural land productivity, share of women educated above the secondary level and participating in work, maternal, and child health seem to contribute to the reduction in child underweight. However government health and water supply facilities turn out to be ineffective.
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ISSN:0486-6134
1552-8502
DOI:10.1177/0486613415584587