Arun Kumar YADAV, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), India
Vidya YADAV, Patliputra University, India, India
In every society, males and females are expected to behave in certain ways, and in every culture, those expectation, values ????and norms are different and vary accordingly. Many of the inequalities between men and women are rooted in institutional structure such as in educational field, labor market, wages, decision-making power, access to services as well as in accessing the health and wellbeing care also. The marriage and kinship pattern shape both men's and women's lives. Earlier many studies have highlighted the gender disparities which vary tremendously between regions, social classes, and communities. This study will try to identify the prominent indicators to show the status of women and wellbeing condition in Indian society.National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4) has been used for the present study. Result shows that in spite of rising levels of education and images of growing westernization in India, still 24% of women marrying at young age (<18yrs), Bihar and Rajasthan are the states with earliest age at marriage. In spite of decline in fertility, still childbearing remains essential to women's lives hence, more than half (50%) adolescent women become mothers just after marriage. Further, more than three fourth female used to sterilize after fulfilling desired number of children. Women's control over decisions about health care for herself, making major household purchases, and visits to her family is improved over time.But still one fourth women rely on men to purchase day to day necessities. The story is quite different when it comes to decision over household assets. But the likelihood of ownership rises among urbanite educated women's. Wife beating and domestic violence still remain pervasive. Development of India cannot be realized without the detailed examinations of different gender indicators.
Mots clés : Empowerment|Marriage|Female sterilization|Autonomy|Fertility
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