Differences in Decision-Making Capacity Among Mexican Women of Different Ages

Jeyle Ortiz-Rodríguez () and Esteban Picazzo-Palencia ()
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Jeyle Ortiz-Rodríguez: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Esteban Picazzo-Palencia: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

Population Research and Policy Review, 2022, vol. 41, issue 4, No 7, 1525-1547

Abstract: Abstract Women born in different years have been exposed to different experiences, circumstances, and contexts. Therefore, the expected effects of socioeconomic variables on women’s decision-making capacity may vary between women of different age groups. The interaction of education, access to social resources, female participation in the labor force, domesticity, place of residence, and gender norms with women’s age can intensify the gap in decision-making capacity between women from different generations. The objective of this paper is to examine how the differences between Mexican women of different ages in terms of labor force participation, education, access to social resources, domesticity, place of residence, and gender norms affect their decision-making capacity. Using information from the National Survey on the Dynamics of Households Relationships 2016, this paper employs multilevel structural equation modeling to analyze the relationship of women’s individual-level predictors and between-groups variables with their decision-making capacity. Results indicate that the impact of women’s participation in the workforce and place of residence on their decision-making capacity is determined by their age in a non-linear form.

Keywords: Women’s decision-making capacity; Age analysis; Multilevel SEM; Female participation in the labor force (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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