Determinants of women's empowerment in Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nepal is characterized by low empowerment of women which may have negative effects on their health status as well as sexual and reproductive rights. We seek to identify key determinants of women empowerment in Nepal using a rich set of socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics as well as behavioral factors and regional indicators.

Methods

This study utilizes 4,211 women aged between 15 and 49 years from the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for Nepal. Following the previous study for Mozambique, we use Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to identify components of women's empowerment along three domains: beliefs about violence, decision-making and control over sexuality and safe sex. We use logistic regressions to identify significant predictors

SUBMITTER: van Dongen DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11389927 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature