Table 1.
Survey and SRQ sample sizes and response rates.
Table 2.
Mental health and autonomy questions analyzed (SARI & IHDS).
Table 3.
Summary statistics.
Fig 1.
SARI data includes ever-married women, aged 25 or over, who were assigned to answer SRQ questions. Data were collected in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra. Women who eat last have a higher SRQ score, and thus worse mental health, than those who do not eat last. Data source: SARI.
Fig 2.
Mental health is worse among women who eat after men, at all levels of asset wealth (Panel A) and education (Panel B). SARI data includes ever-married women, aged 25 or over, who were assigned to answer SRQ questions. Data were collected in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra. Mental health, even accounting for wealth and education, is worse among women who face greater gender discrimination than women who do not. Data source: SARI.
Fig 3.
Reweighted CDF by education and asset bins.
SARI data includes ever-married women, aged 25 or over, who were assigned to answer SRQ questions. Data were collected in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra. Although some of the difference in the distribution of mental health between women who do and do not eat last can be explained by differences in asset ownership and education, gaps in these observable characteristics cannot completely explain the difference in mental health outcomes between the two groups. Data source: SARI.
Table 4.
Women who eat last have a greater proportional odds of reporting worse mental health, compared to women who do not eat last.
Table 5.
Women’s autonomy does not clearly mediate the relationship between mental health and eating last.
Table 6.
Women who report greater decision-making power are less likely to eat last in their households (IHDS).