The effects of status on women's autonomy in Bolivia, Peru, and Nicaragua
The effects of status on women's autonomy in Bolivia, Peru, and Nicaragua
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DOI：
10.1007/s11113-005-4082-5
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发表时间：
2005-06-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Flake, DF
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作者：
Heaton, TB;Huntsman, TJ;Flake, DF
最近一场提升妇女地位的意识形态革命提出了有关自主权的决定因素及其对政策制定的影响的问题。本研究旨在确定决定自主权的客观指标，然后根据妇女的主观自主体验来检验它们之间的关系。潜在的决定因素包括教育、识字率、家庭规模、结婚年龄、就业和社会经济地位。分析基于以下数据集：2000 年玻利维亚家庭互动和儿童福祉 (FICW) 调查、2000 年秘鲁人口健康调查和 1997/1998 年尼加拉瓜人口和健康调查。我们的研究结果表明自主性是多维的。利用结构方程模型，我们确定了两个主要领域的自治：玻利维亚的决策自治和个人自治，以及尼加拉瓜和秘鲁的家庭自治和公共自治。这项研究表明，我们指定的每个决定因素都会对自主权产生一定的影响，其中教育和社会经济地位是最重要的。我们的结论是，旨在改变妇女的教育、经济和家庭特征的政策只会对妇女的整体自主感产生有限的影响。
A recent ideological revolution promoting women's status has raised questions concerning determinants of autonomy and their implications for policy formation. This study seeks to identify objective indicators determinant of autonomy, and then examine their relationship in light of women's subjective experiences of autonomy. Potential determinants include education, literacy, household size, age at marriage, employment, and socioeconomic status. Analyses are based on these data sets: the 2000 Bolivia Family Interaction and Children's Well-Being (FICW) Survey, the 2000 Peru Demographic Health Survey and the 1997/ 1998 Nicaraguan Demographic and Health Survey. Our findings indicate that autonomy is multidimensional. Utilizing Structural equation modeling, we identify two major domains autonomy: decision-making autonomy and personal autonomy in Bolivia, and family autonomy and public autonomy in Nicaragua and Peru. This study shows that each of our specified determinants has some influence on autonomy, with education and socioeconomic status being the most important. We conclude that policies designed to change educational, economic, and familial characteristics of women will only have a modest impact on women's overall sense of autonomy.