Sheela Sinharoy|Jillian Waid|Regine Haardörfer|Amanda Wendt|Sabine Gabrysch|Kathryn M. Yount
Women's dietary diversity in rural Bangladesh: Pathways through women's empowerment
Emory University|Dhaka International University|Heidelberg University|Emory University|Heidelberg University|Heidelberg University|Emory University
relationship womens empowerment womens nutrition understudied aimed elucidate relationship quantifying possible pathways empowerment dietary diversity among women rural bangladesh 2015 conducted crosssectional survey 2599 married women ages 1540 median 25 living 96 settlements habiganj district bangladesh baseline food agricultural approaches reducing malnutrition trial collected data womens empowerment highest completed grade schooling agency dietary diversity demographic factors including household wealth used exploratory factor analysis confirmatory factor analysis random splithalf samples followed structural equation modelling test pathways schooling domains womens agency dietary diversity factor analysis revealed 3 latent domains womens agency social solidarity decisionmaking voice husband adjusted mediation model postprimary schooling positively associated voice husband 41 051 p 010 positively associated dietary diversity 54 39 p 002 schooling also direct positive association womens dietary diversity 51 22 p 001 neither womens social solidarity decisionmaking mediated relationship schooling dietary diversity link schooling dietary diversity direct indirect womens voice husband womens social solidarity decisionmaking population women postprimary schooling seem better able negotiate improved diets