Women's Agency and the Quality of Family Relationships in India
Allendorf, K.
Population Research and Policy Review 31(2): 187-206
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0167-5923 PMID: 27147776 DOI: 10.1007/s11113-012-9228-7Document Number: 535131
The role of family context in determining women's agency has been addressed through kinship patterns, household structure, and domestic violence. This study suggests that another aspect of family context - family relationship quality - can also influence women's agency. Data from the Women's Reproductive Histories Survey, collected in Madhya Pradesh, India, are used to examine whether family relationship quality is a determinant of women's agency. Results show that women with higher quality relationships with husbands and parents-in-law do have greater agency. Further, family relationship quality is just as influential as other well known determinants of agency, including education and employment.
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