A Structural Equation Model of Female Empowerment

Ballón, Paola

doi:10.1080/00220388.2017.1414189

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is, therefore, a vector while Λ and B are matrices. More details on the MIMIC model are given in Appendix , Section B‐5, as well as in Jöreskog (), Jöreskog and Goldberger (), Krishnakumar () and Ballon ().…”

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Women’s Empowerment and Child Malnutrition: The Case of Mozambique

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Silber

2019

South African J Economics

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Using data from the 2011 Demographic and Health Survey in Mozambique this paper checks whether women empowerment has an impact on the nutritional status of children. We evaluate the degree of empowerment of women via multidimensional approaches, making a distinction between five domains: decision making, use of violence by husband/partner, attitude of the woman towards this use of violence, available information, material resources. Each domain includes several questions reflecting different aspects of empowerment. For each domain of empowerment, three different methods of aggregation are used: correspondence analysis, the so-called Alkire and Foster methodology and the "fuzzy sets" approach. The impact of women empowerment on the nutritional status of children is analyzed via the MIMIC approach. No clear-cut conclusion concerning the possible impact of women's empowerment on the nutritional status of children could be drawn. But, ceteris paribus, the material wealth of the household, the educational level of the mother and her BMI are positively correlated with the nutritional status of children which is also higher when the child is female. Finally, there are important differences in the nutritional status of children between the various regions of Mozambique and this nutritional status is in most regions lower in rural areas. JEL Classification: D13, I15, J16, O15, O55

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Women’s Empowerment and Child Malnutrition: The Case of Mozambique

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Silber

2019

South African J Economics

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“…As in Kabeer (1999), empowerment is defined as the ability of a woman to make strategic decisions (those concerning the woman herself and those involving her children) and non-strategic life choices. Ballon (2012) used a MIMIC model (see Joereskog 1973Joereskog and Goldberger 1975) and applied it to a study of Cambodian female empowerment in 2005. Malapit et al (2015) analysed the 2012 Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey and provided empirical evidence on the relationship between empowerment gaps between men and women in the same household and children's wellbeing.…”

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“…There is now quite a vast literature dealing with the definition and measurement of women's empowerment. See, for example,Alkire et al (2013),Alsop (2007),Alsop et al (2006),Ballon (2012),Ibrahim and Alkire (2007),Kabeer (2001),Mahotra et al (2002),Narayan (2002),Vaz et al (2016), and the World Bank Institute(2007).…”

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Does women's empowerment affect the health of children? The case of Mozambique

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Silber²

2017

WIDER Working Paper

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte.Abstract: In developing countries, women's decisions concerning their children's health depend on 'empowerment' concerning decision-making, husband/partner's use of violence, woman's attitude towards this violence, available information, and resources. We derive an empowerment indicator using the 'fuzzy sets' and Alkire and Foster approaches to multidimensional poverty measurement. The health of children is a latent variable; their height and weight are observed health indicators. We apply the 'MIMIC' approach to the 2009 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey. Children's health is better when the woman opposes her partner's violence, the higher her education and body mass index, among female children, and in urban areas.Keywords: Alkire and Foster, Demographic and Health Survey, fuzzy approach to poverty measurement, health, Mozambique, women's empowerment JEL classification: D13, J16, O55Acknowledgements: This is a revised version of a paper presented at the conference organized by UNU-WIDER in Maputo, Mozambique, on 27-28 November 2017. The authors thank Cecilia Navarra for her extremely helpful comments.

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“…In Theeramythri groups, a leader is one who provides direction, instructions and guidance to all the members involved in the group for the purpose of achieving the success of an activity group. An effective leader will know her team members strengths, weaknesses and motivations [7]. Some of the crucial roles of the leader are developing the strategy for the team to achieve the goals, listen to the group member's feedback and also managing the day to day operations.…”

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Dynamics in Theeramythri Activity Groups: Analysing Coherence among the Group Members

Salim

Athira

Fernandez

2017

AJAEES

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The present study was conducted among the SAF-Theeramythri activity groups of Kerala across the nine coastal districts which focused on identifying the perception of the leaders and followers of the activity groups in its functioning. The benefits gained by the leader as well as the follower, short comings in the current functioning, group cohesiveness, nature of leadership existing in the groups and the future requirements were discussed in the study. The results indicated that majority of the respondents have economically benefited from SAF after joining the activity groups. The Pearson correlation indicates that the relationship between the leader and follower is high for the decision making (0.41) and least for conflict management (0.29) which has a huge impact in the effective functioning of an activity group. The Garette ranking results go in tune with correlation analysis entrusting the high interrelationship of the members and the followers of the activity groups. Moreover the study identified the constraints in the current functioning of activity groups and suggest for suitable interventions by installing effective confidence building mechanisms among group members.

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A Structural Equation Model of Female Empowerment

Cited by 24 publications

References 53 publications

Women’s Empowerment and Child Malnutrition: The Case of Mozambique

Women’s Empowerment and Child Malnutrition: The Case of Mozambique

Does women's empowerment affect the health of children? The case of Mozambique

Dynamics in Theeramythri Activity Groups: Analysing Coherence among the Group Members

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