for children born to mothers who are currently working and are thus empowered. … children aged below five years. Using detailed dataset from the current and fourth round of the National Family Health Survey …, we find robust evidence that violence experienced by mothers at the hands of her husband significantly increases the …

to capture intrahousehold dimensions of women's empowerment. Endogenous status in our study is measured by mothers' work … status and her time spent with children. Exogenous status is captured by a composite index constructed with parental … and wasting. We therefore conclude that mothers' status, measured by time is more important to improve child nutritional …