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Name Megumi Niimura
Belonging department Global Communication Course,Department of Human Culture,Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Occupation name Professor
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Theoretical Framework and Indicators for Measuring Women’s Empowerment: Review of Relevant Micro-indicators of the Demographic and Health Surveys（DHS）

					

					

						

							

								

									
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This article identified micro-level indicators based on the theory of empowerment measurement and examined the strength and challenges of the existing international dataset, the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Using Kabeer's framework, it focuses on "agency" and finds "intrahousehold decision making" and "attitudes towards gender inequality".

					

					

						

							

								

									
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Journal of Social Sciences and Family Studies

					

					

						

							

								

									
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202110