cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …; dietary preferences related to religion and ethnicity; nutrition education; and administration of public health and nutrition …

with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the … contraceptive properties of nursing. Second, given a preference for having sons, mothers with no or few sons want to conceive again … sons and daughters, having few or no older brothers results in earlier weaning. Third, these gender effects peak as mothers …

year old for those children whose mothers have no formal education. No significant association is found at 5 years of age … physical and human capital. This paper contributes to this literature, studying the association between mothers' access to … social capital via participation in community organizations and their children's nutritional status at 1 and 5 years. Using …