Impact of women's supplementary income on family's nutritional status

The study was conducted on 120 families from Four villages of Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh, to see the impact of supplem entary income of women on the food and nutrient intake and nutritional stat us of the families. The results showed that the expenditure on all the food items, except cereals and millets, was significantly higher (P<0.5) in the case of experimental group (women having supplementary income) than the co ntrol soup. Except cereals, the intake of all other foods was higher in exp erimental families, thereby, indicating the input of women's supplementary income. No significant difference was observed in the nutritional awareness of the women between the groups. Children of the experimental groups were found to be better in nutritional status than children of the central group .