Socio-economic and Demographic Determinants of Women’s Household Decision Making Autonomy in Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study

Authors

  • Kanchan Kumar Sen Department of Statistics, Dhaka University, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • Mirajul Islam Department of Statistics, Dhaka University, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • Muhammad Mahmudul Hasan Department of Statistics, Dhaka University, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/dujs.v66i2.54556

Keywords:

Autonomy, Mixed logistic regression, BDHS, Adjusted odds ratio.

Abstract

Women’s autonomy is an important element of the economic and reproductive health developments in a country. The aim of this study was to find out the potential factors associated with women’s decision-making autonomy in Bangladesh. To fulfill this purpose, the cross-sectional data obtained from the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS), 2014 was used. The generalized linear mixed model approach has been applied to calculate the adjusted effects of the covariates by taking into account the correlation among subjects within clusters. The study reveals that women with age at marriage ≥ 18 years, having family size ≤ 4, having at least one child, exposed to media, belonging to NGO, living in urban areas and working outside home have greater influence on autonomy in household decision making.

Dhaka Univ. J. Sci. 66(2): 115-120, 2018 (July)

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
Abstract
24
PDF
24

Downloads

Published

2018-07-26

How to Cite

Sen, K. K., Islam, M., & Hasan, M. M. (2018). Socio-economic and Demographic Determinants of Women’s Household Decision Making Autonomy in Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study. Dhaka University Journal of Science, 66(2), 115–120. https://doi.org/10.3329/dujs.v66i2.54556

Issue

Section

Articles