Analysis of Women Empowerment in Rural Nigeria: A Multidimensional Approach

Analysis of Women Empowerment in Rural Nigeria: A Multidimensional Approach

Olufemi A. Popoola

Contact

Ayevbuomwan O.S

Contact

Popoola O.A

Contact

Adeoti A.I

Contact

University of Ibadan

Analysis of Women Empowerment in Rural Nigeria: A Multidimensional Approach

Article Fingerprint

ReserarchID

HD6P2

Analysis of Women Empowerment in Rural Nigeria: A Multidimensional Approach Banner

AI TAKEAWAY

Connecting with the Eternal Ground

Abstract

Abstect-This study assessed the empowerment status of women in Rural Nigeria. Following Alkire and Foster (2007) multidimensional poverty measure, we constructed the multidimensional women empowerment index across selected dimensions and indicators using the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey data (DHS). The logit regression was used to profile its determinants. The multidimensional women disempowerment index was 0.427. The study finds that when the empowerment cutoff k=2, approximately 43% of the rural women were disempowered. The education and resource dimensions had the highest relative contributions of 33.59% and 31.61% to the overall multidimensional disempowerment index. The study revealed that while age of the women, age of the household head and employment in skilled and unskilled sector significantly increase the probability of rural women’s empowerment, gender of household head, employment in agriculture and allied sector, household size, and location of rural women in the Northern region of Nigeria reduce the probability of women economic empowerment in rural Nigeria. It is recommended that efforts must be directed at these individual indicators to improve on the empowerment, inclusion and agency of rural women especially in planning intervention strategies. This should be backed up with enforcement of policies that will ensure rural women enjoy the same potentials, rights and privileges as men in society in order to ensure and achieve sustainable rural development.

References

47 Cites in Article

Reference Format

Elias Udeaja,Mariam Yusuf,Peter Offum (2001). Estimating Tax Buoyancy for Nigeria in the light of Emerging Tax Reforms.
(2012). Capacity Development for Agricultural Transformation and Food Security.
Zacharias Nyiatagher,Ali Ocholi (2004). PROFITABILITY AND MARKETING EFFICIENCY OF MAIZE IN KWANDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE, NIGERIA.
A Adeoti,O Popoola (2012). Determinants of child povertyinrural Nigeria: A multidimensional Approach.
Alkire (2013). Instructional Guide on the Women's empowerment in agriculture index.
S Alkire,J Foster (2007). Counting and multidimensional poverty Measurement.
Keera Allendorf (2007). Do Women’s Land Rights Promote Empowerment and Child Health in Nepal?.
M Amlan (2006). The state and plight of Indian women: Amulti-dimensional assessment of wellbeing based on Sen's functioning approach.
Anderson Eswaran,M (2009). What determines female autonomy? Evidence from Bangladesh.
E Bardasi,Q Wodon (2006). Gender, Time Use, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Yele Batana,Jean-Yves Duclos (2008). Multidimensional Poverty Dominance: Statistical Inference and an Application to West Africa.
(2005). Unknown Title.
(1997). Yes Africa Can: Success Stories from a Dynamic Continent.
(2014). Evidence into Action Team.
Nabanita Ghosh,Srinivas K.T (2011). ASSET QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN INDIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS.
C Egbugara (1990). An Analysis of the Role of Rural Women in Production and Procession of Selected Food crops in Etiti Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria.
A Ekundayo,B Ama (2014). Nigerian Women and Political Participation: The Way Forward.
Emansion (2012). President Sirleaf Chairs Heads of State Luncheon Meeting to support Fund for African Women's Focus on Agriculture and Food Security; Launches Initiative to Empower Women in Agriculture.
R Eyben,N Kabeer,A Cornwall (2008). Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth.
E Fabiyi,B Danladi,K Akande,Mahmood (2007). Role of Women in Agricultural Development and their constraints.
(2011). The State of Food and Agriculture: Women in agriculture: Closing the gender for development.
(2011). FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).
T Fapohunda (2011). Did I Pass the Test? Middle Eastern Women at Higher Education Learning through Self-Assessment and Reflection.
Supriya Garikipati (2008). The Impact of Lending to Women on Household Vulnerability and Women’s Empowerment: Evidence from India.
M Goldstein,C Udry (2008). The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana.
D Gordon,S Nandy,C Pantazis,S Pemberton,P Townsend (2003). The Distribution of Child poverty in the developing world.
Ibrahim Alkire,S (2007). Agency and Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally ComparableIndicators.
(2012). Towards Purpose ful Partnerships in African agriculture: A joint evaluation of the agriculture and rural development policies and operations in Africa of the AfDB and IFAD (internet).
Markus Goldstein,Christopher Udry (2013). The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana.
Naila Kabeer (2005). Gender equality and women's empowerment: A critical analysis of the third millennium development goal 1.
Sunita Kishor (1995). Autonomy and Egyptian Women: Findings from the 1998 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey.
R Kishor,B Gupa,S Yadav,T Singh (1999). Role of rural women in decision making process in agriculture in District Sitapur (Uttar-Pradesh).
Sunita Kishor (2000). Empowerment of Women in Egypt and Links to the Survival and Health of Their Infants.
I Mahmood (2001). The Role of Women in Agriculture and Poverty Alleviation.
G Makama (2013). Patriarchy and Gender Inequality in Nigeria: The Way Forward.
K Mason,H Smith (2003). Women's empowerment and social contexts -Results from Five Asian Countries.
Marong Alhagi (2001). New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).
(2003). Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.
Odili (2003). Social Policy and Development in Africa.
(2012). Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth.
Ogunlela Yemisi,I,Aisha Mukhtar (2009). Gender Issues in Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria: the Role of Women.
A Ojo (2002). Socio-Economic Situation.
M Omolewa (2002). Education.
A Quisumbing,N Kumar (2011). Does Social Capital Build Women's Assets? The Long-Term Impacts of Group-Based and Individual Dissemination of Agricultural Technology in Bangladesh.
Qurra (2015). Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Soumya Gupta (2013). Guidelines for Assessing Women's Empowerment in Agriculture: Operational Manual for Using the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) in Field Research.
(2003). Global Monitoring Report 2007 (Overview).

Download References

Funding

No external funding was declared for this work.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

No ethics committee approval was required for this article type.

Data Availability

Not applicable for this article.

How to Cite This Article

Olufemi A. Popoola. 2016. \u201cAnalysis of Women Empowerment in Rural Nigeria: A Multidimensional Approach\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - C: Sociology & Culture GJHSS-C Volume 16 (GJHSS Volume 16 Issue C6): .

More Citation Formats

Select Citation Style:

Download Citation

Download Article

GJHSS Volume 16 Issue C6
Pg. 35- 48

Explore Journals Explore Volume Read This Issue

Journal Specifications

Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

Print ISSN 0975-587X

e-ISSN 2249-460X

Keywords

Not Found

Classification

GJHSS-C Classification: FOR Code: 160805

Submission ReceivedDecember 14, 2015
Peer Review Double Blind
Handling Editor
Accepted December 31, 2015
Published January 15, 2016

Version of record

v1.2

Issue date

December 24, 2016

Language

Experiance in AR

Explore published articles in an immersive Augmented Reality environment. Our platform converts research papers into interactive 3D books, allowing readers to view and interact with content using AR and VR compatible devices.

View in VR

Read in 3D

Your published article is automatically converted into a realistic 3D book. Flip through pages and read research papers in a more engaging and interactive format.

View in 3D

Article Matrices

Total Score: 103

Country: Nigeria

Subject: Global Journal of Human-Social Science - C: Sociology & Culture

Authors: Ayevbuomwan O.S, Popoola O.A, Adeoti A.I (PhD/Dr. count: 0)

View Count (all-time): 174

Total Views (Real + Logic): 3676

Total Downloads (simulated): 1957

Publish Date: 2016 12, Sat

Monthly Totals (Real + Logic):

Month 1: 25 views
Month 2: 25 views
Month 3: 40 views
Month 4: 58 views
Month 5: 62 views
Month 6: 31 views
Month 7: 37 views
Month 8: 49 views
Month 9: 38 views
Month 10: 47 views
Month 11: 49 views
Month 12: 28 views
Month 13: 37 views
Month 14: 36 views
Month 15: 29 views
Month 16: 34 views
Month 17: 17 views
Month 18: 26 views
Month 19: 30 views
Month 20: 21 views
Month 21: 33 views
Month 22: 25 views
Month 23: 25 views
Month 24: 32 views
Month 25: 41 views
Month 26: 32 views
Month 27: 38 views
Month 28: 31 views
Month 29: 36 views
Month 30: 24 views
Month 31: 29 views
Month 32: 17 views
Month 33: 23 views
Month 34: 29 views
Month 35: 31 views
Month 36: 28 views
Month 37: 27 views
Month 38: 34 views
Month 39: 27 views
Month 40: 33 views
Month 41: 22 views
Month 42: 26 views
Month 43: 22 views
Month 44: 45 views
Month 45: 40 views
Month 46: 34 views
Month 47: 24 views
Month 48: 24 views
Month 49: 29 views
Month 50: 37 views
Month 51: 42 views
Month 52: 42 views
Month 53: 17 views
Month 54: 20 views
Month 55: 20 views
Month 56: 28 views
Month 57: 40 views
Month 58: 34 views
Month 59: 29 views
Month 60: 26 views
Month 61: 30 views
Month 62: 35 views
Month 63: 16 views
Month 64: 38 views
Month 65: 22 views
Month 66: 38 views
Month 67: 27 views
Month 68: 31 views
Month 69: 29 views
Month 70: 35 views
Month 71: 28 views
Month 72: 24 views
Month 73: 40 views
Month 74: 17 views
Month 75: 28 views
Month 76: 21 views
Month 77: 32 views
Month 78: 36 views
Month 79: 32 views
Month 80: 21 views
Month 81: 44 views
Month 82: 35 views
Month 83: 28 views
Month 84: 26 views
Month 85: 40 views
Month 86: 19 views
Month 87: 47 views
Month 88: 20 views
Month 89: 28 views
Month 90: 21 views
Month 91: 29 views
Month 92: 34 views
Month 93: 40 views
Month 94: 33 views
Month 95: 31 views
Month 96: 41 views
Month 97: 29 views
Month 98: 24 views
Month 99: 32 views
Month 100: 29 views
Month 101: 17 views
Month 102: 17 views
Month 103: 26 views
Month 104: 46 views
Month 105: 43 views
Month 106: 44 views
Month 107: 42 views
Month 108: 22 views
Month 109: 30 views
Month 110: 38 views
Month 111: 39 views
Month 112: 53 views

Total Views: 3676

Total Downloads: 1957

2026 Trends

Published Article

Our website is actively being updated, and changes may occur frequently. Please clear your browser cache if needed. For feedback or error reporting, please email [email protected]