Determinants of women's decision-making authority in Nigeria: The ethnic dimension
Determinants of women's decision-making authority in Nigeria: The ethnic dimension
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1021495418633
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发表时间：
1999-09-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Makinwa-Adebusoye, P
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作者：
Kritz, MM;Makinwa-Adebusoye, P
利用1991年对尼日利亚五个民族的调查数据，我们研究了妻子决策权的决定因素。我们的分析表明，种族在妻子决策权威的形成中起着非常重要的作用，而且作为权威的决定因素，种族比妻子的个人特征更重要。种族效应既通过塑造妇女获得的资源水平发生，也通过塑造妻子获得的特征与家庭决策的关系而发生。在种族以外的特征对权威产生影响的程度上，我们发现妻子对家庭支出的贡献是重要的。这一因素大大增加了妻子的权威，妻子的正规教育、年龄和外出打工也是如此。这些调查结果强调了在非洲背景下研究族裔社会分化和促进妇女的教育和就业机会的重要性。
Using data front a 1991 survey, of five ethnic groups in Nigeria, we look at the determinants of wife's decision-making authority. Our analysis shows that ethnicity plays a very important role in shaping wife's decision-making authority and is evert more important than wife's individual-level characteristics as a determinant of authority. The ethnic effect occurs both by shaping the levels of resources that women achieve and by shaping the relationships of wife's achieved characteristics to family decision-making. To the extent that characteristics other than ethnicity make a difference for authority, we find that wife's contributions to household expenditures are important. That factor significantly increases wife's authority, as does wife's formal education, age, and work for pay outside the home. The findings underscore the importance of looking at ethnic social differentiation in the African context and advancing educational and employment opportunities for women.