Effect of women autonomy on child care among Muslims: a cross countries comparative study in India, Bangladesh and Indonesia

Navaid Ali Khan, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
Priya Sharma, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Female autonomy is a multi-dimensional entity, which refers to different aspects of women’s life. Women autonomy is a composition of decision making of women within and outside the family, mobility, access and control over economic resources. Female autonomy has widely been acknowledged as a major factor that contributes to better demographic and social outcomes. Many studies address the poor autonomy and social capital which is directly linked with poor demographic outcome of women among Muslim. Demographic and Health Surveys are nationally-representative household surveys has used to compare the state of autonomy and its impact on Child care. Cross tabulation Bi-variate and logistic regression techniques have used for analyzing the level and State of Autonomy of women by background characteristics and its impact on Child care utilization across the selected countries. This comparative study show the effect of women autonomy on Child care and there differential among the selected countries.