Drivers of child and women dietary diversity: Empirical evidence from a peri-urban area of Bangladesh
Dietary diversity (DD) is considered an indicator of micronutrient adequacy for all age groups. An unbalanced diet that contains only one or two nutrient components can be fatal. Given that women make up half of our population and that children are a country's future, it is crucial to maintain...
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| author | Sadika Haque Md. Salman Md. Emran Hossain Fatema Tuj Zohora Hira Kulsum Akter Mahbuba Yasmin Shelli Dewan Abdullah Al Rafi Md. Nazmul Hoque Md. Abdullah Al Noman Md. Sahed Khan |
| author_facet | Sadika Haque Md. Salman Md. Emran Hossain Fatema Tuj Zohora Hira Kulsum Akter Mahbuba Yasmin Shelli Dewan Abdullah Al Rafi Md. Nazmul Hoque Md. Abdullah Al Noman Md. Sahed Khan |
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| description | Dietary diversity (DD) is considered an indicator of micronutrient adequacy for all age groups. An unbalanced diet that contains only one or two nutrient components can be fatal. Given that women make up half of our population and that children are a country's future, it is crucial to maintain the nutritional status of both groups. Thus, the current study was designed to analyze the factors affecting the dietary diversity of both children and women of the residents living in a manufacturing industry-dominated growing peri-urban area of Bangladesh, where an institutional huge vacuum exists, mainly due to administrative transition. We randomly selected 146 mothers who had at least one child between the ages of 6 and 59 months to participate in our data collection. To identify the factors that influence children's and women's dietary diversity, multinomial and binary logistic regression models were used, respectively. Results unearthed that the age of the children, maternal age, and maternal education significantly affect children's dietary diversity, while the mother's education level, as well as their access to and control over resources affect their own dietary diversity. The study concludes that education has multiple effects on women's and children's dietary diversity as it can help mothers to make decisions about how the distribution of time and resources should be prioritized. Again, greater access to and control over resources may enable mothers to take care of any urgent needs for their children. For a sustainable solution, the policy level needs to keep its eyes on the girls' quality education as potential future mothers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4c6ed88ddcca45b4aa03ed60f287c9062024-04-07T04:36:28ZengElsevierSocial Sciences and Humanities Open2590-29112024-01-019100813Drivers of child and women dietary diversity: Empirical evidence from a peri-urban area of BangladeshSadika Haque0Md. Salman1Md. Emran Hossain2Fatema Tuj Zohora Hira3Kulsum Akter4Mahbuba Yasmin Shelli5Dewan Abdullah Al Rafi6Md. Nazmul Hoque7Md. Abdullah Al Noman8Md. Sahed Khan9Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, BangladeshDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, BangladeshDepartment of Agricultural Finance and Banking, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh; Department of Agricultural Sciences, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, USA; Corresponding author.Faculty of Agricultural Economic and Rural Sociology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, BangladeshFaculty of Agricultural Economic and Rural Sociology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, BangladeshBangladesh Betar, Agargoan, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh; Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of AmericaStudent Affairs Division, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, BangladeshDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, BangladeshDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, BangladeshDietary diversity (DD) is considered an indicator of micronutrient adequacy for all age groups. An unbalanced diet that contains only one or two nutrient components can be fatal. Given that women make up half of our population and that children are a country's future, it is crucial to maintain the nutritional status of both groups. Thus, the current study was designed to analyze the factors affecting the dietary diversity of both children and women of the residents living in a manufacturing industry-dominated growing peri-urban area of Bangladesh, where an institutional huge vacuum exists, mainly due to administrative transition. We randomly selected 146 mothers who had at least one child between the ages of 6 and 59 months to participate in our data collection. To identify the factors that influence children's and women's dietary diversity, multinomial and binary logistic regression models were used, respectively. Results unearthed that the age of the children, maternal age, and maternal education significantly affect children's dietary diversity, while the mother's education level, as well as their access to and control over resources affect their own dietary diversity. The study concludes that education has multiple effects on women's and children's dietary diversity as it can help mothers to make decisions about how the distribution of time and resources should be prioritized. Again, greater access to and control over resources may enable mothers to take care of any urgent needs for their children. For a sustainable solution, the policy level needs to keep its eyes on the girls' quality education as potential future mothers.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259029112400010XMaternal educationChild dietary diversityWomen dietary diversityAccess to and control over resourcesPeri-urban areaBangladesh |
| spellingShingle | Sadika Haque Md. Salman Md. Emran Hossain Fatema Tuj Zohora Hira Kulsum Akter Mahbuba Yasmin Shelli Dewan Abdullah Al Rafi Md. Nazmul Hoque Md. Abdullah Al Noman Md. Sahed Khan Drivers of child and women dietary diversity: Empirical evidence from a peri-urban area of Bangladesh Social Sciences and Humanities Open Maternal education Child dietary diversity Women dietary diversity Access to and control over resources Peri-urban area Bangladesh |
| title | Drivers of child and women dietary diversity: Empirical evidence from a peri-urban area of Bangladesh |
| title_full | Drivers of child and women dietary diversity: Empirical evidence from a peri-urban area of Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Drivers of child and women dietary diversity: Empirical evidence from a peri-urban area of Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drivers of child and women dietary diversity: Empirical evidence from a peri-urban area of Bangladesh |
| title_short | Drivers of child and women dietary diversity: Empirical evidence from a peri-urban area of Bangladesh |
| title_sort | drivers of child and women dietary diversity empirical evidence from a peri urban area of bangladesh |
| topic | Maternal education Child dietary diversity Women dietary diversity Access to and control over resources Peri-urban area Bangladesh |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259029112400010X |
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