The dynamics of the relationship between household decision-making and farm household income in small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa

The study aims to examine the association between employment and the empowerment of Nepali currently married women. It harnesses women’s employment status and their empowerment; in terms of ‘household decision making’, ‘attitudes towards wife-beating’, and ownership of the house/land’ with the help of the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2016 data set. Married women’s employment exhibits a significant association (0.05) with their socio-demographic characteristics, and empowerment variables as well. The employment status of married women influences their household decision-making, and attitudes towards wife-beating. The study adheres to the belief that employment accelerates women’s empowerment, still, it is complex to determine the strength of the relationship in between. Thus, based on the findings of the study, other variables and empowerment indicators are to be considered and analyzed further for concrete insights. So, employment cannot be assumed as a mere engine and an only instrument for empowering women.

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Women Household Decision Making Power and Maternal Mortality

10.20944/preprints201910.0046.v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Yahaya Yakubu ◽

Norashidah Mohamed Nor ◽

Law Siong Hook ◽

Rusmawati Said

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Maternal Mortality ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Multifaceted Approach ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Household Decision ◽

Household Decision Making ◽

Development Goals ◽

Social And Cultural Factors ◽

The Relationship

High maternal mortality in the developing countries, particularly in Nigeria, poses serious challenge to achieving the maternal mortality target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the countries. Hence, there is need for multifaceted approach to curtailing the scourge. Women being the victims of maternal mortality, this study finds the effect of their household decision making power in reducing maternal mortality. The study used data from the 2013 Nigeria Health and Demographic Survey (NDHS) and logistic regression model to explore the relationship between women household decision making power and maternal mortality in Nigeria. The finding shows that women who decide and participate in household decision on own health, major purchases and visit to family and relatives were 35% (OR = 0.65, 95% CI: 0.52, 0.83), 27% (OR = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.57, 0.92), and 37% (OR = 0.63, 95% CI: 0.50, 0.80) less likely to experience maternal mortality, respectively, compared to those whose husbands alone decide. Women household decision making power is therefore instrumental to reducing maternal mortality. It is thus important for policy makers, particularly in Nigeria, to pay more attention to social and cultural factors that surround women household decision making ability for speedy reduction in maternal deaths.

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Disease Contour and Household Decision Making: A Gender Comparative Study of Older Persons

Global Sociological Review ◽

10.31703/gsr.2020(v-i).03 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol V (I) ◽

pp. 16-23

Author(s):

Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry ◽

Aftab Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Older Persons ◽

State Level ◽

Research Field ◽

P Value ◽

Household Decision ◽

Household Decision Making ◽

Collection Data ◽

Cross Tabulation ◽

The Relationship

Aging is a global demographic phenomenon. The Aging in Pakistan is a grave matter of concern which is neglected not only at state level but in research field too. This study focused to explore the relationship between disease profile and participation of older persons (OPs) in household decision making. A sample of 384 OPs was selected from Rawalpindi for data collection. Data were entered and analyzed in SPSS. Male participation was 70% and 30% of females. The findings of the research indicate 8.1% of cases of hypertension among older persons, heart problems were reported in 12.8% cases and 15.1% of the sample suffering from Diabetes. Cross-tabulation of data shows that the Pearson value is 32.552 and the calculated p-value is .000 [p<.05], this shows that a significant association prevails among household decision making of older persons and their disease profile with special reference to gender group. This also helps to conclude that active yet age bound involvement in household matters in old age is healthy for older persons.

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