Household Decision Making Status of Women (A Case Study of Ghorahi Municipalty, Dang District)

Abstract

The study on “Household Decision Making Status of Women” (A Case Study of Ghorahi Municipality, Dang) has been based on primary data. The main objectives of the study are to analyze the relative status of women in terms of their age group, caste/ethnicity and education and to find out women’s participation in household decisions. The study was carried out with the sample size of 151respondents among 446 households of the selected area. All the respondents were married. The data were collected by purposive sampling method. In the study area most of the respondents had low decision making level. Out of total, 28.5% respondents worked more at home. Large number of respondents 41.72% was engaged in service. More than one fourth (i.e. 31.8%) respondents were illiterate. The main source of income was agriculture (61.6%). The age at marriage was 18.19 year. In the case of self decision only 11.5% respondents would decide their children’s education. Out of total only 15% respondents told that they were able to decide about major household purchases and only 7.3% respondents were take important decision on the household. In the case of family planning, illiterate respondents were using contraception under the suggestion of health assistance (25.4%) and 62.7% literate respondents were using the contraception by husband’s decision. The overall women have low decision making power. High age gap and educational gap between husband and wife was found as the main factor of determine low level of decision making.