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Measurement of Women's Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh

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Journal World Dev
Date 2013 May 3
PMID 23637468
Citations 53
Authors
Simeen Mahmud
Nirali M Shah
Stan Becker
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Abstract

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 3500 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.

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