Empowerment and Nutrition: Analyzing Women’s Food Consumption through Socio-Economic Lenses Using NFHS 5 Data

The food security of women is contingent upon their economic status, education levels, health, and their position within the family and society and these factors are closely linked to a woman's own nutritional status. In this paper we try to analyze how the consumption of certain food items by women is affected by various socio economics factors using the NFHS 5 dataset. It has been found that mobility, decision making power, financial autonomy, higher education, wealthier households and employment have a positive impact on the consumption of food items.

Food security, women bargaining power, gender, socio-economic

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