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He says, she says: Exploring patterns of spousal agreement in Bangladesh
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
|---|---|
| Author | Ambler, Kate Doss, Cheryl R. Kieran, Caitlin Passarelli, Simone |
| Organization | IFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division |
| Spatial Coverage | Bangladesh [BD] |
| Description | Participation in household decisions and control over assets are often used as indicators of bargaining power. Yet spouses do not necessarily provide the same answers to questions about these topics. We examine differences in spouses’ answers to questions regarding who participates in decisions about household activities, who owns assets, and who decides to purchase assets. Disagreement is substantial and systematic, with women more likely to report joint ownership or decision making and men more likely to report sole male ownership or decision making. Analysis of correlations between agreement and women’s well-being finds that agreement on joint decision making/ownership is generally positively associated with beneficial outcomes for women compared with agreement on sole male decision making/ownership. Cases of disagreement where women recognize their involvement but men do not are also positively associated with good outcomes for women, but often to a lesser extent than when men agree that women are involved. |
| Sponsorship | CGIAR Trust Fund |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/9b0f3b6c-e5e5-40cc-88f9-4ef5077ce615 |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Publisher Date | 2017-01-01 |
| Publisher Place | Washington, DC |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Subject Keyword | Policies, Institutions, and Markets Intrahousehold Relations Social Structure Gender Households Families Measurement Assets Ownership Decision Making Bargaining Power Gender Relations Women Communities |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
