.svg){kind=icon}
.svg){kind=icon}
%201.svg){kind=icon}
%201.svg){kind=icon}
.svg){kind=icon}
.svg)
.svg)
Sanket Roy
Sanket Roy is an Associate Professor of Economics at the American University of Sharjah’s School of Business Administration. He earned his PhD in Economics from Cornell University in 2017. His research addresses critical issues such as child malnutrition, intimate partner violence, and the economics of gender and household dynamics, utilising extensive survey data from India.
.svg)
Contraception as a pathway to better child nutrition and health
India is home to one-third of the world’s stunted children, and half of all under-five mortality can be attributed to undernutrition. Existing literature has shown an association between larger families and poorer child health outcomes. Based on analysis of data from the National Family Health Survey, 2019-2021, this article finds that reducing fertility through increased use of contraception can lead to significant improvements in child health and malnutrition indicators.
