Allendorf Keera
Postdoctoral Fellow, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA, .
Popul Res Policy Rev. 2012 Apr 1;31(2):187-206. doi: 10.1007/s11113-012-9228-7. Epub 2012 Jan 13.
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.
家庭环境在决定女性能动性方面的作用已通过亲属关系模式、家庭结构和家庭暴力得到探讨。本研究表明,家庭环境的另一个方面——家庭关系质量——也会影响女性的能动性。来自印度中央邦的妇女生殖史调查数据被用于检验家庭关系质量是否是女性能动性的一个决定因素。结果显示,与丈夫和公婆关系质量较高的女性确实具有更强的能动性。此外,家庭关系质量与能动性的其他知名决定因素(包括教育和就业)同样具有影响力。