Women's Agency and the Quality of Family Relationships in India
Women's Agency and the Quality of Family Relationships in India
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DOI：
10.1007/s11113-012-9228-7
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发表时间：
2012-04-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Allendorf, Keera
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作者：
Allendorf, Keera
通过亲属关系模式、家庭结构和家庭暴力，探讨了家庭环境在决定妇女能动性方面的作用。这项研究表明，家庭背景的另一个方面-家庭关系质量-也可以影响妇女的代理。在印度中央邦收集的妇女生育史调查数据被用来研究家庭关系质量是否是妇女能动性的决定因素。结果表明，与丈夫和公婆关系质量较高的妇女确实有更大的代理权。此外，家庭关系的质量与其他众所周知的机构决定因素，包括教育和就业一样具有影响力。
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.