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(Table 12.5 continued)
Children’s Education Children’s Marriage Purchase of Clothes
Women & Women & Women &
Men Men in Men Men in Men Men in
Village alone Consultation alone Consultation alone Consultation
DB Ghatta 4.35 91.30 4.35 78.26 4.35 95.65
Poolakuntahalli
Hassan district
15.56 77.78 15.56 75.56 16.28 83.72
Honavalli 7.04 91.55 7.04 91.55 7.04 91.55
Nelamane 3.31 96.69 2.50 95.50 4.31 96.69
Kellur
Mysore district
17.53 82.47 42.68 57.14 22.45 77.55
Kamarahalli 2.50 96.0 3.0 95.5 0.5 99.0
Source: Survey data from author’s study.
education and marriage; only 24 per cent of women were consulted in
the purchase of clothes for the family members. Greater participation is
observed in villages where more women are literate.
Factors Influencing Participation in Decision-Making
Participation in decision-making at the household level depends on several
factors. Here, the attempt is to understand if there is any relationship
between property rights over land and participation. It has been hypothesised
that women owning land have a greater say in decision-making
vis-à-vis farm-related decisions. A positive relationship is expected between
ownership of land and participation score. The other factors identified
are education, occupation and age. Education is expected to have a positive
impact on participation levels because educated/literate women are consulted
more in decisions. Similarly, occupation is expected to have a positive
influence because if the woman is working outside her home and contributing
to the family income, she would be consulted more than the ones
who are not contributing directly. Age is considered in order to observe
whether the younger generation has better participation. The correlation
between these variables is presented in Table 12.6.
The results do not indicate any significant relationship between
ownership of land and participation in decision-making related to
agriculture. However, in the case of household-related decisions, land
appears to have a negative influence, indicating that women who do not