Disempowerment of Women: The Experience of Indian States
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2025-05-04
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Sage
Abstract
The present study uses National Family Health Survey, 2015–2016 (NFHS-4) data
to compute a multidimensional disempowerment index for women from India. A
state-level analysis shows that disempowerment levels of women from the states
of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Bihar are
found to be higher, with that of Bihar being the highest. Next, using a multilevel
logistic model, the study explores the determinants of the level of women disempowerment.
The probability of disempowerment is high among rural unemployed
young Muslim women from joint families with low asset and education endowment
and who witnessed parental violence as a child. Further, we found that the level of
disempowerment of women from the state of Haryana is much higher as compared
to its neighbouring state Punjab, where Haryana was an integral part of
Punjab till 1966. A non-linear decomposition analysis reveals a significant contribution
of Sikh religion on women’s autonomy in Punjab vis-à-vis Haryana.
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This is an article published in the journal Millennial Asia.
Year of Publication : 2022