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 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.

Understanding women's decision making power and its link to improved household sanitation: the case of Kenya

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuaki Hirai ◽  
Jay P. Graham ◽  
John Sandberg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Household Members ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
Independent Effects

Women experience many motivational drivers for improving sanitation, but it is unclear how women's role in household decision making affects whether a household opts for better sanitation. We analyzed the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2008/2009 with a representative sample of 4,556 married and cohabiting women to examine the association between women's decision making power in relation to that of partners and the type of sanitation facilities used by household members. The independent effects of respondents’ education, employment status, and socioeconomic status on the type of sanitation facilities were also explored. The direct measurement of women's ability to influence sanitation practice was not available. To address this problem, this study used proxy measures of women's decision making power in the household. The results of this study revealed that women's decision making power for major household purchases was positively associated with households having better sanitation (p < 0.05). The findings suggest that increased gender equity could potentially have spillover effects that result in more households opting to improve their sanitation conditions.

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 Microfinance Services and Women Empowerment in Biratnagar Metropolitan, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-270
Author(s):  
Bandana Kumari Jain
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Nepali Women ◽  
Major Decision

This article examines how far microfinancing services positively affect the empowerment of Nepali women living in the eastern part of Nepal. A purposive sampling method was used and responses of 97 women were collected through structured questionnaires. The women were using microfinance services on their own and at least from the last three years. Results indicate that the use of microfinance services (credit and saving) helps women to empower. Easy access to financial services and satisfaction with the loan payment period causes no difference in the improvement of women’s empowerment. Saving service is significantly associated with women’s household decision-making, major decision-making in the domestic context, and availability of basic household needs. Microfinance services contribute to women’s socio-economic empowerment and their children’s education.

scholarly journals The pandemic paradox: domestic violence and happiness of women

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e10472
Author(s):  
Wajiha Haq ◽  
Syed Hassan Raza ◽  
Tahir Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Pandemic Response ◽  
Response Policy

Background Across the globe, lockdowns have been enforced as a pandemic response to COVID-19. Such lockdown coupled with school closures and stay-at-home orders made women more vulnerable in terms of higher responsibility and spending more time with an abusive partner, if any. Methods This study investigates the situation of women during COVID-19 induced lockdown by focusing on their happiness and inquiring about the incidence of violence. Using the zero-inflated negative binomial model, our findings ascertained that family settings, type of relationship with a spouse, and age significantly affects the positive count of violence during the lockdown. We further estimated the determinants of happiness and found that years of schooling, the role of women in household decision making, and feeling empowered is affecting their happiness. Results Women having higher education have more odds of zero violence. Unemployed women and women who are not working have higher odds of zero violence as compared to women who are working. During this lockdown after the COVID-19 pandemic, women living in urban areas, having higher education, having an adequate household income to meet the expenditures, having lesser anxiety, not facing violence, feeling empowered when their husband is around, and have higher decision-making power are happier. Discussion and conclusion The study is important in the context of happiness and violence inflicted on women during the lockdown and provides the basis to improve the pandemic response policy. The inclusion of women’s safety and happiness in pandemic response policy is important to ensure the well-being of women and to devise better health and economic policy. Our estimates suggest higher education results in less incidence of violence which could be argued as desirable outcomes for building healthy, productive, and happy communities. In addition to this, as pandemic induced lock-down is likely to result in higher unemployment across the globe including Pakistan, therefore, in light of our estimates pertaining to the role of unemployment in the incidence of violence, policymakers should deploy more resources to enhance income and to combat the rising unemployment. As a counter-intuitive outcome of these policy interventions, incidence of violence will be dampened, educational attainment and women empowerment will be increased which will certainly increase happiness.

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

scholarly journals Men in the Food Chain: Reasons for Similarities and Dissimilarities between Asian and African Households

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Margareta Wandel
Keyword(s):  
Food Chain ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Household Members ◽  
Women's Role

The nutritional well-being of households of developing nations depends on the work and decisions around numerous food-related activities that are carried out by household members. It often relies on the cooperation among the members, particularly between spouses. Numerous review articles have been written about women's role in food-related activities. It is also important to shed more light on men's role with regard to food and nutrition in Asian and African households. This study is based on the existing literature on gender relations in activities concerning food.

Postpartum Role Satisfaction in Couples: Associations With Individual and Relationship Well-Being

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 1181-1200
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Cohen ◽  
Kimberly Z. Pentel ◽  
Sara E. Boeding ◽  
Donald H. Baucom
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Role Satisfaction ◽  
Relationship Adjustment ◽  
Distress Symptoms ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Family Decision Making ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
Shed Light

Although the postpartum period is typically considered a joyful time for new parents, this period calls for a reprioritization of daily responsibilities and tasks which may not necessarily align with the egalitarian split many couples envision. Dissatisfaction in this new role may negatively affect individual and couple well-being. This study examined the association between role satisfaction and postpartum distress symptoms or relationship adjustment from 73 opposite-sex couples 4- to 12-week postpartum. Both women and men reported a desire that men be more involved in household, child care, and family decision-making tasks. Actor–partner interdependence models examined the within-individual and cross-partner associations between role satisfaction and individual or couple well-being. As hypothesized, women’s role satisfaction positively predicted both partners’ relationship adjustment. These findings shed light on women’s role satisfaction as a potentially important factor underlying couple’s well-being postpartum.

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