The Impact of Women's Education and Employment on Their Empowerment: An Empirical Evidence from Household Level Survey

Posted: 2 Aug 2018

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Sofia Riaz

Independent

Zahid Pervaiz

National College of Business Administration and Economics (NCBA&E)

Date Written: July 14, 2018

Abstract

This study is an attempt to investigate the impact of women’s education and employment on their empowerment. Secondary data of Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012 – 2013 has been used for Binary Logistic regression analysis. Women’s participation in decision making has been used as a proxy of women empowerment. According to our measure, women are consider empowered if they have participation in decisions regarding their own health care, mobility, spending of household income, major household purchases and decision regarding contraceptive use. Results show that both women’s education and employment play an important role in women empowerment. Educated women are more likely to participate in decision making regarding their own health care, major household purchases, visits to family and relatives, spending of household earnings and decision regarding contraceptive use as compared to uneducated women. Employment of women has also been found positively associated with their participation in decisions regarding their own health care, major household purchases, visits to family or relatives and spending of household earning.

Keywords: Women Empowerment, Participation In Decision

Suggested Citation

Riaz, Sofia and Pervaiz, Zahid, The Impact of Women's Education and Employment on Their Empowerment: An Empirical Evidence from Household Level Survey (July 14, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3213943

Sofia Riaz

Independent ( email )

Zahid Pervaiz (Contact Author)

National College of Business Administration and Economics (NCBA&E) ( email )

40/E-1, Gulberg-III
National College of Business Administration & Econ
Lahore, Punjab
Pakistan

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