Women: Work, Welfare and Status. Forces of Tradition and Change in India

Bardhan, Kalpana

doi:10.1215/07323867-6-1-3

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“…Labor force participation not only gives women an opportunity to earn income, but also exposes them to the outside world and to authority structures and networks that are not kin-based (Dixon-Mueller, 1993). In a developing country such as India where women's workforce participation is often motivated by poverty, these benefits are likely to be mediated by the social context of women's work and their total work burden (Bardhan, 1985;Desai and Jain, 1994). In addition, the empowering effects of employment for women are likely to depend on their occupation, the continuity of their workforce participation, and whether they earn income.…”

Section: Indicators Of Empowermentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evidence of women’s empowerment in India: a study of socio-spatial disparities

2006

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Various national and international communities have addressed women's issues and taken various efforts to empower them so as to enhance their social and health status and involve them in developmental activities. The Indian DHS survey (National Family Health Survey, 1998-1999 provides an opportunity to study women's empowerment in India. The survey collected information on several dimensions of women's empowerment from 90,303 evermarried women (ages 15-49), from all the states of India. Utilizing these data sets, four indices -household autonomy index, mobility index, attitude towards gender index and attitude towards domestic violence index -are constructed to measure the different dimensions of empowerment. Using these indices, the spatial and socioeconomic and cultural disparities that exist within India are analyzed. Finally, an attempt is made to identify some important determinants for women's empowerment using multiple logistic regression analysis. The results show that at the national level, 43% of the women have high household autonomy; 23% of the women have high freedom to move outside their home; 40% of the women have no gender preference attitude; and only 43% of the women defy domestic violence. But there are significant divergences in these indices of women's empowerment across the different states and socio-economic and cultural settings within India. Women's educational levels emerged as an important predictor for all the four dimensions of women's empowerment. Additionally, media exposure and age have emerged as the important predictors for some dimensions of woman's empowerment.

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Section: Indicators Of Empowermentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evidence of women’s empowerment in India: a study of socio-spatial disparities

2006

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“…In rural areas of India, a family's economic and social status is closely linked to land ownership (Bardhan, 1985). Families who own land usually have greater incomes than landless agricultural wage laborers.…”

Section: Maternal Employment and Changes In Family Dynamics: The Socialmentioning

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Maternal Employment and Changes in Family Dynamics: The Social Context of Women's Work in Rural South India

Desai¹,

Jain²

1994

Population and Development Review

152

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“…In a hierarchical society based on patrilineal-patrilocal families, the location of the family in the caste/class hierarchy would determine the level and forms of female work participation (Bardhan, 1985). This observation encouraged a look into the behaviour of female work-participation of the different socio-religious groups in India.…”

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confidence: 99%