The Need to Relook at the Measure of Women’s Agency
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https://doi.org/10.12724/ajss.78.4Keywords:
Women's Agency, Intrahousehold Dynamics, National Family Health SurveysAbstract
The ability of women to exercise their agency is a crucial determinant of several socio-economic processes and outcomes. It shapes intrahousehold decision-making behaviour, bargaining power, and resource allocation. We raise the concern of reexamining the measure of agency, especially relational agency, in the context of a dynamic and rapidly changing socio-economic structure. We argue that the traditional survey measures need an overall restructuring.
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