Longitudinal analysis of the intrahousehold distribution of foods in rural Nepal: Relative variability of child dietary quality across age and sex cohorts
Persistent URL
Author(s)
Finaret, Amelia B.
Miller, Laurie C.
Joshi, Neena
Mahato, Shubh
Lohani, Mahendra
Drozdowsky, Julia
Rogerse, Bea L.
Date Issued
June 30, 2018
Abstract
Individual-level dietary data within households are rarely observed over extended periods of time, which limits our understanding of intrahousehold food allocation dynamics. This study explores whether and how dietary patterns of children within households changed over a four-year period in rural Nepal. Fixed-effects analysis of the panel data indicates that there were not disparities in dietary variability between girls and boys, but that there were disparities in dietary variability across age groups. Older children had slightly higher dietary diversity, and their diets were more likely to change as household diets changed, especially for animal sourced foods. For younger children, diets were less diverse but slightly more stable over time. This stability may protect younger children when household diets decline in quality, but younger children may be left out when household dietary quality improves. In contrast, older children reap more gains relative to younger children when household dietary quality improves, but would also bear the brunt of food shortages when they arise. These results emphasize the importance of examining differences in dietary quality within households across age groups, especially for children over five years of age who are less likely to be targeted by international nutrition interventions and programs.
Journal
Food Policy
Department
Global Health Studies
Citation
Finaret, A. B., Miller, L. C., Joshi, N., Mahato, S., Lohani, M., Drozdowsky, J., & Rogers, B. L. (2018). Longitudinal analysis of the intrahousehold distribution of foods in rural nepal: Relative variability of child dietary quality across age and sex cohorts. Food Policy, 79, 101-110. doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.06.003
Publisher
Elsevier
Version of Article
Final manuscript post peer review, without publisher's formatting or copy
editing (postprint)
Embargo
This version of the article is available for viewing to the public after June 30, 2020.
DOI
10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.06.003
ISSN
0306-9192
1873-5657
Rights
© 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
File(s)![Thumbnail Image]()
![Thumbnail Image]()
Name
2018-06-30_Finaret_Longitudinal_Access_Instructions.pdf
Description
Access Instructions
Size
86.14 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (etag)
3777116336e2a98a071ce841d293413d
Name
2018-06-30_Finaret_Longitudinal.pdf
Description
Main Article
Size
920.96 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (etag)
5603507e92205b3afad8240b620e87ab