scholarly journals Women’s Role In Domestic Decisionmaking In Pakistan: Implications For Reproductive Behaviour

2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naushin Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Urban Women ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Partial Explanation ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Using Data

Women’s involvement in domestic decision-making is recognized as a distinct aspect of her autonomy that has its implications for reproductive behaviour. Using data from the Pakistan Fertility and Family Planning Survey 1996-97, this study examines the extent of Pakistani women’s participation in household decision-making relative to their husbands and other family members, and determines its effects on the demand for children and higher contraceptive use in both urban and rural settings. The findings reveal that women’s decision-making authority is clearly related to the context in which they live as urban women have an almost equal say in household matters, as their husbands, whereas most rural women report that their husbands and other family members have a predominant role in household decisions with regard to seeking medical treatment for a sick child or to make purchases of household items. The results also indicate that women with greater freedom to go outside home alone are also more likely to participate in domestic decisions, and the linkage is stronger for rural than urban women. The multivariate analysis reveals that the effect of decision-making variables on measures of reproductive behaviour is strongly conditioned by socio-economic and demographic factors, implying that measures of women empowerment give only a partial explanation of women’s likelihood to desire fewer children and increase contraceptive use. The results in all suggest that Pakistani women’s enhanced role in household decision-making has its effects relevant to achieving gender equality and fertility reduction outcomes - the goals that are central to population and development policy.

scholarly journals Financial Literacy and Intra-household Decision Making: Evidence from Rwanda

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Grohmann ◽  
Annekathrin Schoofs
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Using Data

Abstract Research has consistently shown that women’s involvement in household decision making positively affects household outcomes such as nutrition and education of children. Is financial literacy a determinant for women to participate in intra-household decision making? Using data on savings groups in Rwanda, we examine this relationship and show that women with higher financial literacy are more involved in financial and expenditure decisions. Instrumental variable estimations suggest a causal link. For this reason, we perform a decomposition analysis breaking down the gender gap in financial literacy into differences based on observed socio-demographic and psychological characteristics and differences in returns on these characteristics. Our results show high explanatory power by education, happiness, symptoms of depression and openness but also suggest that a substantial fraction can be explained by differences in returns. We argue that this results from a strong role of society and culture.

Tapping Rural Women Entrepreneurship Through Self-Help Micro-Credit

2019 ◽  
pp. 305-339
Author(s):  
Falendra Kumar Sudan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Livelihood Diversification ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
And Control

The chapter reveals that women's role in enterprise and household decision making, their access to assets, and control over self-earnings have improved significantly among client and non-client groups. Self-help credit program (SHCP) has facilitated them to make decisions for their personal needs, availing treatment, recreational facilities, and participate independently in household decision making. However, SHCP should incorporate necessary steps to enhance empowerment of women irrespective of their duration in program, types of economic activities, and marital status. In order to transform SHCP into a genuine livelihood diversification and gender strategy, women's empowerment needs to be understood as more than a marginal increase in access to income, and/or consultation in limited areas of enterprise and household decision making and/or occasional meetings with a small group of other women.

SPOUSAL AGREEMENT ON MATERNAL HEALTH PRACTICES IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 689-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRITTA C. MULLANY
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
Health Programmes

SummaryGrowing recognition of the influential roles that men play in health behaviours and decision-making has prompted a number of couples' agreement studies, particularly in the areas of contraceptive use and household decision-making. While such findings have had important implications on the design, measurement and evaluation of family planning interventions, few studies on couples' agreement on maternal health behaviours have been conducted. Findings from a descriptive analysis of agreement levels regarding maternal health practices among 129 couples that delivered a baby in urban Nepal in 2003–2004 are presented. These data indicate that agreement levels between husbands and wives pertaining to maternal health behaviours are low, with 5–55% of couples disagreeing on whether the behaviour had occurred. These data and the surrounding discussion raise important issues that ought to be taken into consideration when conducting maternal health research and designing and evaluating maternal health programmes.

scholarly journals The Effect of Women’s Empowerment in the Utilisation of Family Planning in Western Ethiopia: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6550
Author(s):  
Muluken Dessalegn Muluneh ◽  
Lyn Francis ◽  
Mhiret Ayele ◽  
Sintayehu Abebe ◽  
Misrak Makonnen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Planning Methods ◽  
Western Ethiopia ◽  
Family Planning Methods

This study examines the associations between women’s empowerment and family planning use in Jimma Zone, Western Ethiopia. A total of 746 randomly selected married women of reproductive age were interviewed. The data were employed by structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate the complex and multidimensional pathways to show women’s empowerment domains in family planning utilisation. Results of the study revealed that 72% of married women had used family planning. Younger women, having access to information, having access to health facilities and being aware about family planning methods, living in a rural area, having an older partner and increased household decision-making power were associated with using family planning methods. Women’s empowerment is an important determinant of contraceptive use. Women’s empowerment dimensions included increased household decision-making power, socio-demographic variables and having access to information about family planning and accessible health facilities. These were found to be important determinants of contraceptive use. Future interventions should focus on integrating women’s empowerment into family planning programming, particularly in enhancing women’s autonomy in decision making. Further research is warranted on the socio-cultural context of women that influences women’s empowerment and family planning use to establish an in-depth understanding and equity of women in society.

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