Measurement of Women's Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh

被引：207

作者：

Mahmud, Simeen ^{[1
]}

Shah, Nirali M. ^{[2
]}

Becker, Stan ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] BRAC Univ, Dhaka, Bangladesh

[2] Populat Serv Int, Washington, DC USA

[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2012年 / 40卷 / 03期

关键词：

empowerment; measurement; choice; self-esteem; South Asia; Bangladesh; CREDIT PROGRAMS; AUTONOMY; HEALTH; HUSBANDS; POWER;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.08.003

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Women's empowerment is a dynamic process that has been quantified, measured, and described in a variety of ways. We measure empowerment in a sample of 3,500 rural women in 128 villages of Bangladesh with five indicators. A conceptual framework is presented, together with descriptive data on the indicators. Linear regressions to examine effects of covariates show that a woman's exposure to television is a significant predictor of three of the five indicators. A woman's years of schooling is significantly associated with one of two self-esteem indicators and with freedom of mobility. Household wealth has a significant and positive association with a woman's resource control but a significant negative association with her total decision-making score. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：610 / 619

页数：10

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