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The problem
Intervention: Assessment of association between maternal autonomy (household decision-making, freedom of movement, and control over economic resources) and child nutritional status
Who it was tested with: 38,685 mother-child pairs with children under five from India (NFHS-4, 2015-16).
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"Stepwise binary logistic regression models were performed to examine the association" between maternal autonomy and nutritional outcomes. This observational design allows examination of associations but cannot establish causality, placing it at the pre-post tier; the inconclusive outcome reflects that effects were weak or insignificant for most outcomes after full adjustment.
Cross-sectional design prevents causal inference. The study cannot rule out reverse causality or determine whether observed associations reflect unmeasured confounding. The measurement of maternal autonomy through three dimensions may not fully capture the complexity of women's empowerment.
Across countries and designs
1 study · 1 country
