scholarly journals Effect of Women’s Role on Household Decision Making on Institutional Delivery of the recent Child in Nepal

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Ramesh Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Institutional Delivery ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Maternal Health Services ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
The Family ◽  
Women's Role

Nepalese women are behind than men in many areas, such as educational attainment, participation in decision-making and health service utilization, all of which have an impact on reproductive health outcomes. This paper explores effect of women's role on household decision making on institutional delivery of the child in Nepal Data as drawn from the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, 2011. The analysis is confined to women who had given birth in the five years preceding the survey (n=4,148). The net effect of women’s role on household decision making on institutional delivery after controlling for the effect of other predictors has been measured through multivariate logistic regression analysis. The findings indicate that institutional delivery was still very low in Nepal. Only two in five of the women (40%) had delivered their last child with health facilities. Notably, higher level of women’s role on household decision was associated with higher level of institutional delivery [adjusted odds ratio (aOR=1.20)] than their comparison group. It can be concluded that programs should aim to increase use of maternal health services by improving women’s role on household decision making so that the overall well-being of the family can be maintained and enhanced.

scholarly journals GRADUASI MANDIRI: BENTUK KEBERDAYAAN PENERIMA MANFAAT (KPM) PROGRAM KELUARGA HARAPAN (PKH) DI KABUPATEN PATI

KOMUNITAS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-156
Author(s):  
Nur Khoiriyah ◽  
Kunarti Kunarti
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Social Ministry ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
The Family ◽  
Before And After

Independent graduation, is a phenomenon of resignation from PKH program membership. This is different from some other social ministry programs. Programs that encourage the empowerment of beneficiary communities. Based on this uniqueness, this study specifically examines how the condition of PKH participants before and after graduation, as well as looking for forms of empowerment that are owned by PKH Graduasi Mandiri participants. Field findings indicate the empowerment process carried out by PKH facilitators through regular monthly meetings. Assistance is filled with the delivery of empowerment material. Materially, not much amount of assistance was received, but the assistance was carried out continuously. The form of KPM PKH empowerment after independent graduation can be seen through five indicators, including freedom of mobility, ability to buy small commodities, being involved in household decision making, having relative freedom from family domination, and having economic security and contribution to the family.

Skills and household financial decision-making in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1433-1450
Author(s):  
Arief Wibisono Lubis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Financial Decision Making ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Financial Decision

PurposeThis study examines whether financial literacy is a relevant factor that determines authority in household financial decision-making, an area that is often viewed as boring, difficult and full of uncertainties. Cognitive ability and personality traits are also included as additional explanatory variables.Design/methodology/approachThe logistic regression technique was applied using a sample of more than 2,300 microfinance institutions' clients in three provinces in Indonesia.FindingsThis study finds that financial literacy correlates positively with authority in household financial decision-making only among men. This does not mean that financial literacy is irrelevant for women's agency, since the skill might be important for authorities in other decision-making areas, including those outside households. Meanwhile, the relationship between cognitive ability and household financial decision-making authority is more universal.Research limitations/implicationsThis study does not collect information on the levels of financial literacy of other household members and does not capture respondents' perceptions of household financial decision-making.Social implicationsThe overall low level of financial literacy calls for the need for more targeted efforts to address this issue by policymakers. Education policy should also be designed to improve cognitive ability, as this ability is important for human agency and well-being.Originality/valueHousehold decision-making has received significant attention in the literature. Authority in household decision-making is important because it represents a person's agency and has a profound impact on well-being. To the best of author's knowledge, studies on the importance of skills in household financial decision-making are very limited.

scholarly journals Covid-19, Rural Poverty, and Women’s Role in Decision-Making: Evidence from Khatlon Province in Tajikistan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamiljon Akramov ◽  
Lucia Carrillo ◽  
Katrina Kosec
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Phone Survey ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
Household Members ◽  
Women's Role

The covid-19 pandemic has had devastating effects globally; it has caused health crises and economic recessions, leading unemployment to spike and disrupting food systems and supply chains. In the heavily remittance-dependent context of Tajikistan, however, migration has continued – and appears to have become increasingly dominated by men. In this context, what has happened to women’s perceptions of economic prospects, as well as the well-being of their households? How has women’s involvement in decision-making evolved? And to what extent do out-migration or in-migration of household members predict changes in women’s decision-making power? We consider these questions using a September – October 2020 phone survey deployed in Khatlon province, Tajikistan that successfully tracked 87% of households that had been surveyed in person in 2018. We find that both genders have similar expectations for their agricultural production (harvests), but women are slightly more likely to identify concerns with rising prices and a lack of access to financial services. Overall, we find little in the way of evidence that women’s involvement in intra-household decision-making declined as a result of the pandemic—though this is from a low base. However, we find that women are less likely than are men to report improvements in women’s decision-making authority. Further, we find that out-migration of household members, which is dominated by men, is associated with improvements in women’s decision-making power, particularly with respect to decisions about how to spend household income. Overall, our results point to the need for additional analyses of the gendered impacts of shocks on women in the Central Asia region.

scholarly journals Household decision-making power and the mental health and well-being of women initiating antiretroviral treatment in Oromia, Ethiopia

AIDS Care ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela M. Parcesepe ◽  
Olga Tymejczyk ◽  
Robert Remien ◽  
Tsigereda Gadisa ◽  
Sarah Gorrell Kulkarni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Antiretroviral Treatment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Health And Well Being

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.

scholarly journals Sharing of Resources Within the Family and the Economics of Household Decision Making

2013 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Himmelweit ◽  
Cristina Santos ◽  
Almudena Sevilla ◽  
Catherine Sofer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Household Bargaining and Excess Fertility: An Experimental Study in Zambia

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (7) ◽  
pp. 2210-2237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nava Ashraf ◽  
Erica Field ◽  
Jean Lee
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Moral Hazard ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Access To Contraception

We posit that household decision-making over fertility is characterized by moral hazard since most contraception can only be perfectly observed by the woman. Using an experiment in Zambia that varied whether women were given access to contraceptives alone or with their husbands, we find that women given access with their husbands were 19 percent less likely to seek family planning services, 25 percent less likely to use concealable contraception, and 27 percent more likely to give birth. However, women given access to contraception alone report a lower subjective well-being, suggesting a psychosocial cost of making contraceptives more concealable. (JEL C78, D12, D82, I31, J13, J16, O15)

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document