When women eat last: Discrimination at home and women’s mental health
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- In Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra, India, it is common for women to eat after men in their households.
- Eating last is negatively associated with women’s mental health, even after accounting for differences in socioeconomic status across households.
- Additionally, eating last may be associated with worse mental health because it leads to worse physical health for women and/or signifies less autonomy for women.
- Collecting more data on a wider range of measures of women’s autonomy and social status, along with measures of physical and mental health, will contribute to more nuanced understanding of gender discrimination and mental health.