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type: thesis
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creators_name: Bouma, M.S.
title: Women’s empowerment and women’s ideal family size in Nepal
ispublished: pub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the effect of women’s empowerment on ideal family size and the ability of women to achieve their ideal family size in Nepal. Results: It was found that more empowered women are estimated to have a larger ideal number of children than less empowered women.  Furthermore, the probability to have smaller family than their ideal family size was higher for more empowered women than for less empowered women. There was no significant relation found between the attitude towards wife beating and ideal family size and the ability of women to achieve their ideal family size. Conclusion: It is recommended that more research is to be done on the reason why more empowered women have less children than their ideal than less empowered women. Moreover, policies should focus on providing resources to women to achieve their reproductive preferences.
date: 2016
date_type: published
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: POPST
tutors_name: Duijn, M. de
keywords_local: Nepal
keywords_local: attitude towards wife beating
keywords_local: household decision-making
keywords_local: reproductive preferences
keywords_local: ideal family size
keywords_local: women’s empowerment
keywords_local: fertility
keywords_local: multiple linear regression
keywords_local: multinomial logistic regression.
language_iso: en
titleorder: Women’s empowerment and women’s ideal family size in Nepal
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date_of_import: 2020-04-22
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date_issued: 2016-01-01
citation:   Bouma, M.S.  (2016) Women’s empowerment and women’s ideal family size in Nepal.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3045/1/20160806_Final_Version_MS_Boum_1.pdf