Effects of women decision making power on rural children nutritional status in Ogun State of Nigeria
Kazeem Oriyomi Aboaba, Tohib Oyeyode Obalola, Samson Oluwaseyi Afolayan and Olajumoke Akingba
Women's authority over specific family decisions tends to increase their financial security and power, which has an impact on their children's general health and well-being. A multistage sampling process was employed to choose 120 households. Primary data on the children's nutritional status, the household's socioeconomic characteristics, and women decision making were gathered using a well-structured questionnaire. The children's mean body mass index was 9.62 kg/m2, indicating underweight. It was also demonstrated that women had little influence over the quantity of farm produce consumed or sold, nor the number and spacing of their children. On the other hand, rural women make decisions about the daily diet of the home, the education of the children, the kind of medical assistance the child receives while ill, and the amount of parental guidance the youngster receives. However, the women decision making index (WDMI) which measures the negotiating power of women was 0.537. With the age of the mother, gender of child, women decision making index, farm size, farmers association, and farming experience influencing the children nutritional status. Therefore, as it tends to improve the nutritional outcomes for children, it is advised that women be given more control.
Year of publication: |
2023
|
---|---|
Authors: | Aboaba, Kazeem Oriyomi ; Obalola, Tohib Oyeyode ; Afolayan, Samson Oluwaseyi ; Akingba, Olajumoke |
Published in: |
Croatian review of economic, business and social statistics : CREBSS. - Warsaw : De Gruyter Open, ISSN 2459-5616, ZDB-ID 2935859-0. - Vol. 9.2023, 2, p. 123-135
|
Subject: | bargaining power | body mass index | nutritional status | women's decision making index | Ernährung | Nutrition | Frauen | Women | Nigeria | Entscheidung | Decision | Körpergewicht | Body weight | Verhandlungsmacht | Bargaining power |
Saved in:
freely available
Type of publication: | Article |
---|---|
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.62366/crebss.2023.2.004 [DOI] |
Classification: | I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare. General ; I1 - Health ; I3 - Welfare and Poverty |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014481042
Saved in favorites
Similar items by subject
-
Women, Poverty, Access to Health Care, and the Perils of Symbolic Reform
Bobinski, Mary Anne, (2014)
-
Schmeiser, Maximilian D., (2010)
-
Fan, Maoyong, (2014)
- More ...