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Schooling, transitions and reproductive citizenship for poor people in urban and rural north India: preliminary results from Alwar and Dewas
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University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education, Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP)
Abstract Exactly how schooling affects young women's 'autonomy', especially with respect to her fertility and the life-chances of her children, is a contested issue. We draw on semi-structured interviews with young married women with at least one child under the age of six, in urban and rural areas of Rajast... view more
Exactly how schooling affects young women's 'autonomy', especially with respect to her fertility and the life-chances of her children, is a contested issue. We draw on semi-structured interviews with young married women with at least one child under the age of six, in urban and rural areas of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, north India, to elaborate differences in attitudes and experiences in
early married life between young married women with at least eight years of schooling and those with little or no formal schooling. All the women in our sample come from India’s most disadvantaged
social groups—Scheduled or Other Backward Castes—and live in disadvantaged communities. Tentative conclusions include that women with 10 years or more schooling have very different aspirations about their life partner and married life, and are better able to negotiate relationships with their mother-in-law than do the women with little or no formal schooling experience.... view less
Keywords
fertility; education; adolescent; wedding; girl; decision; autonomy; woman; level of education; India; family planning; participation in education
Classification
Sociology of Education
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Method
empirical
Free Keywords
female autonomy; fertility; education; India
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
City
Cambridge
Page/Pages
24 p.
Series
RECOUP Working Papers, 15
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works