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 3,500 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. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
CITATION STYLE
Mahmud, S., Shah, N. M., & Becker, S. (2012). Measurement of Women’s Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh. World Development, 40(3), 610–619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.08.003
Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.