In developing countries, women's decisions concerning their children's health depend on 'empowerment' concerning … poverty measurement. The health of children is a latent variable; their height and weight are observed health indicators. We … apply the 'MIMIC' approach to the 2009 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey. Children’s health is better when the woman …

more important for children’s nutritional status in this region than in the rest of the world. In contrast, the countries …

to control higher population growth become useless when the household desire larger number of children. In the study the … determinants of ideal number of children revealed by the woman are probed. So along with sociocultural, economic, demographic and … resistance to violence against woman and inter-spousal age difference reduce the number of desired children. Exposure to media …