How Does Women’s Decision-Making Power Affect Budget Share, Nutrition and Education in Pakistan?

Xiaohui Hou ()

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2016, vol. 37, issue 1, 115-131

Abstract: Understanding the effects of power distribution, particularly women’s decision making, on human development is important. This study used a set of direct measures of decision-making power from the Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement Survey and examined the relationship between women’s decision-making power and the food budget share, nutrition and child schooling. It found that in Pakistan, the relationship between women’s decision-making power and nutrition was not linear and varied depending on rural or urban residence. There was no clear evidence that higher women’s decision-making power would lead to better nutrition availability in Pakistan, but overall households were more likely to consume less grain and more vegetables. When women had higher decision-making power, children, particularly rural girls, were more likely to be enrolled in school. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016

Keywords: Household bargaining; Women’s decision making power; Human development; Education; Nutrition; Islamic culture; Pakistan; D1; D7; I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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