Does employment before marriage exert autonomy after marriage? Evidence on female autonomy from India

Anindita Chakrabarti and Kausik Chaudhuri

Oxford Development Studies, 2018, vol. 46, issue 2, 199-214

Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of female autonomy using data from India. We model female autonomy for movement as well as economic decision-making using a summative index approach. Our contributions to the literature include a careful examination of the regional differences, tests of economic and sociological hypotheses on female autonomy and the use of pre-marriage autonomy measures in terms of employment status to determine post-marriage autonomy. Our results suggest that economic, sociological and pre-marriage autonomy factors explain female autonomy. Regional differences regarding the economic, sociological and pre-marriage autonomy factors play a role in determining female autonomy.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2017.1354980

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