Women’s Autonomy and Reproductive Behaviour

This book based on the data collected from a sample of 2400 currently married women aged 15 ? 29 years, mainly focuses on the differentials and determinants of women’s autonomy and its influence on their reproductive behaviour in both rural and urban areas of Tamil Nadu. In this book, women’s autonomy is measured in eight different dimensions. The level of women’s autonomy on each of these eight dimensions as well as the total autonomy and its correlates are assessed and discussed in detail in the first stage. In the second stage, the impact of women’s autonomy on their reproductive behaviour as well as on their knowledge and adoption of family planning methods is assessed. This book will serve as an useful guide to measure the level of women’s autonomy in different dimensions. The setting of objectives, methodology followed, data analysis and presentation of results are of immense value.