Title page
Contents
Abstract 2
1. Introduction 4
2. Conceptual Framework 7
2.1. Agency and decision-making 7
2.2. Set Up 9
3. Context and Empirical Strategy 11
3.1. Country context 11
3.2. Quantitative Data and Analysis 12
3.3. Qualitative Data and Analysis 16
4. Results 17
4.1. Agency and decision-making 17
4.2. Regression analysis 19
4.3. Qualitative interview results 22
5. Conclusion and Discussion 24
6. References 27
7. Appendix 32
Appendix A: Tables and Figures 32
Appendix B: Validating the RAI in our survey 35
Appendix C: Robustness Checks 38
Table 1. Decision-making variables analyzed 13
Table 2. Example vignettes from Relative Autonomy Index (RAI) module 15
Table 3. Descriptive statistics of decision-making by gender 18
Table 4a. Relationship between decision-making measures and RAI (women) 19
Table 4b. Relationship between decision-making measures and RAI (men) 20
Table 5. Relative association of decision-making measures with RAI 22
Table 6. Relative association of decision-making measures with RAI 22
Table A1. Basic Demographic Characteristics of Sample 33
Table A2. Full RAI module of spousal survey 34
Table B1. Results of an Exploratory Factor Analysis of the RAI 36
Table C1a. Decision-maker status by domain (Women only) 38
Table C1b. Decision-maker status by domain (Men only) 39
Table C1c. Decision input by domain (Women only) 39
Table C1d. Decision input by domain (Men only) 40
Table C1e. Ability to make decisions by domain (Women only) 40
Table C1f. Ability to make decisions by domain (Men only) 41
Appendix Figure A1. Situating decision-making and autonomy within agency and empowerment (Donald et al. 2020) 32