Sraboni Esha, Quisumbing Agnes
Department of Sociology, Maxcy Hall, Brown University, 108 George Street, Providence, RI 02912,
International Food Policy Research Institute.
Food Policy. 2018 Dec;81:21-36. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.09.001. Epub 2018 Nov 2.
Using nationally-representative survey data from rural Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between women's empowerment in agriculture and indicators of individual dietary quality. Our findings suggest that women's empowerment is associated with better dietary quality of individuals within the household, but the strength of this association varies across the life course. Women's empowerment is correlated with more diverse diets of children under five, but empowerment measures are not consistently associated with increases in nutrient intake for this age group. Rather, maternal schooling and household socio-economic status play a more important role for younger children. Women's empowerment is positively and significantly associated with adult men's and women's dietary diversity and nutrient intakes. Empowerment does not benefit all individuals within the household equally, with gender bias emerging in adolescence. Variations in the strength of the association between women's empowerment and different individuals' dietary quality across the life course has implications for the design and targeting of interventions to improve dietary quality, particularly of women, children, and adolescent girls.
利用来自孟加拉国农村具有全国代表性的调查数据，我们研究了农业领域女性赋权与个体饮食质量指标之间的关系。我们的研究结果表明，女性赋权与家庭中个体更好的饮食质量相关，但这种关联的强度在人生不同阶段有所不同。女性赋权与五岁以下儿童更多样化的饮食相关，但赋权措施与该年龄组营养摄入量的增加并非始终相关。相反，母亲的受教育程度和家庭社会经济地位对年幼儿童起着更重要的作用。女性赋权与成年男性和女性的饮食多样性及营养摄入量呈正相关且具有显著意义。赋权并非对家庭中的所有个体都同样有益，青春期会出现性别偏见。女性赋权与不同个体饮食质量之间的关联强度在人生不同阶段的变化，对改善饮食质量（尤其是妇女、儿童和少女的饮食质量）的干预措施的设计和目标定位具有启示意义。
