The determinants of married women’ s autonomy in Indonesia

Rammohan, A; Johar, M

The determinants of married women’ s autonomy in Indonesia

Rammohan, A Johar, M

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Citation:: Feminist Economics, 2009, 15 (4), pp. 31 - 55
Issue Date:: 2009-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Rammohan, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Johar, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2381-1741	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Feminist Economics, 2009, 15 (4), pp. 31 - 55	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1354-5701	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13926
dc.description.abstract	© 2009 IAFFE. This paper investigates the determinants of married women’s autonomy in Indonesia using the 2000 Indonesian Family Life Survey 3 (IFLS3). It considers the role of kinship norms and the effect of labor force participation on married women’s autonomy. The measure of autonomy is based on self-reported answers to an array of questions relating to decision-making authority in the household. They include own-clothing, child-related and personal autonomy, physical mobility, and economic autonomy. The analysis examines if variations in women’s autonomy are due to the prevailing kinship norms related to marriage in the community. In keeping with the anthropological literature, the analysis finds that living in patrilocal communities reduces physical autonomy for married women, whereas living in uxorilocal communities improves personal and child-related decision-making autonomy. Estimation results show that labor force participation, higher educational attainment, and increases in household wealth all have positive effects on married women’s autonomy in Indonesia.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Feminist Economics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/13545700903153989	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Economics	en_US
dc.title	The determinants of married women’ s autonomy in Indonesia	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	15	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
utslib.for	14 Economics	en_US
utslib.for	16 Studies in Human Society	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	15	en_US

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© 2009 IAFFE. This paper investigates the determinants of married women’s autonomy in Indonesia using the 2000 Indonesian Family Life Survey 3 (IFLS3). It considers the role of kinship norms and the effect of labor force participation on married women’s autonomy. The measure of autonomy is based on self-reported answers to an array of questions relating to decision-making authority in the household. They include own-clothing, child-related and personal autonomy, physical mobility, and economic autonomy. The analysis examines if variations in women’s autonomy are due to the prevailing kinship norms related to marriage in the community. In keeping with the anthropological literature, the analysis finds that living in patrilocal communities reduces physical autonomy for married women, whereas living in uxorilocal communities improves personal and child-related decision-making autonomy. Estimation results show that labor force participation, higher educational attainment, and increases in household wealth all have positive effects on married women’s autonomy in Indonesia.

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