scholarly journals Factors Affecting Women’s Autonomy in Household Decision-Making among Married Women in Zambia

2020 ◽  
pp. 109-123
Author(s):  
Kusanthan Thankian
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Wife Beating ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making

The main aim of the study was to examine factors that affect women’s household decision-making among married women in Zambia. This paper utilizes secondary data from the 2013 Zambia Demographic Health Survey (ZDHS). Logistic regression analysis was used to identify various factors associated with factors that affect women’s autonomy in household decision-making among married women in Zambia. The findings of the study show that married women in Zambia are more likely to participate in decision-making that involved purchases of daily household needs (86%) followed by decision making that involved visits to her family or relatives (75%) and decisions about her own health care (74%). About 66per cent of the respondents reported having participated in household major purposes. Some socio-demographic variables only influenced women in some domains and not all. For instance, age only influenced decision-making on household goods and visits to family. Rich wealthy status, living in urban areas, higher levels of education and justification of wife-beating were influential to healthcare decision-making among women. Zambian programmes and policy initiatives should develop a clear policy foundation that should be crucial to empower women to take part in decision-making processes in the household. Moreover, enhancing their access to and control over economic resources and enabling them to establish and realise their rights are also essential means to empower women to be more autonomous in decision-making.

scholarly journals Women's autonomy in household decision-making: a demographic study in Nepal

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dev R Acharya ◽  
Jacqueline S Bell ◽  
Padam Simkhada ◽  
Edwin R van Teijlingen ◽  
Pramod R Regmi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Demographic Study

Dynamics of Women’s Autonomy in Household Decision-Making in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-312
Author(s):  
Kamil Fuseini ◽  
Ishmael Kalule-Sabiti ◽  
Charles Lwanga
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making

Do women with autonomy in the household experience less intimate partner violence in Malawi? Evidence from the 2015–16 Demographic and Health Survey

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
James Forty
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Wife Beating ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Household Decision

Abstract In Malawi, the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV), or closely related violence, is estimated at 42% according to the 2015–16 Malawi Demography and Health Survey (MDHS). This study investigated the association between women’s autonomy in household decision-making participation as well as sexual autonomy and IPV among married and cohabiting women aged 15–49 years in Malawi. Secondary data were taken from the 2015–16 MDHS. Multivariate analysis was performed using a stepwise forward logistic (binary) regression model to assess the association of dimensions of women’s autonomy in the household and selected control variables with IPV. No association was found between dimensions of women’s autonomy in the household and IPV. However, other variables did have an association with some form of IPV, namely women justifying wife beating, having a jealous partner, being accused of unfaithfulness by their partner, having a partner who drinks alcohol and having a partner with another woman or more. In addition, religion, ethnicity, women education level and women’s occupation were found to be associated with the risk of experiencing IPV. The study recommends policy interventions aimed at supporting youth, especially girls, to complete secondary education before they marry or cohabit; the development of accessible and affordable psycho-social counselling specialists and platforms for married and cohabiting couples; nationwide rigorous advocacy and civic education on IPV; and enforcement of Malawi’s 2006 domestic violence law.

scholarly journals Employment Empowering Women: An Experience of Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-134
Author(s):  
Bandana Kumari Jain
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Wife Beating ◽  
Women's Employment ◽  
Women’S Employment ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
The Relationship

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.

Moderating Effect of Husband’s Controlling Attitudes on the Relation Between Women’s Household Decision-Making Autonomy and Intimate Partner Violence Experience in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051988853
Author(s):  
Adegbenga M. Sunmola ◽  
Mohammed N. Sambo ◽  
Olusegun A. Mayungbo ◽  
Luqman A. Morakinyo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Nationally Representative

Existing studies show a consensus on the importance of women’s household decision-making autonomy. However, the studies also show mixed findings of the association between the variable and intimate partner violence (IPV). In this study, moderating effects of husband’s controlling and domineering attitudes on the association between women’s household decision-making autonomy and husband-perpetrated physical, sexual, and emotional violence were investigated. Data used in the study were drawn from an existing database of a 2013 cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) of nationally representative sample ( N = 19,360) of Nigerian married women. Participants were interviewed on measures of women’s autonomy, husband’s attitudes, and husband-perpetrated violence. Results revealed that women who exercised high household decision-making autonomy significantly experienced more physical ( b = .31, t = 11.78, p < .001), sexual ( b = .05, t = 3.59, p < .01), and emotional ( b = .17, t = 9.76, p < .001) violence if they reported relationship with husbands who endorsed high controlling and domineering attitudes. The results represent an extension over existing research and have implications on how husband’s attitudes could improve women’s autonomy and reduce their IPV experience in various intervention settings.

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