Community Gender Norms and Gender Gaps in Adolescent Agency in Nepal

Autor/inn/en	Yount, Kathryn M.; Durr, Robert L.; Bergenfeld, Irina; Clark, Cari Jo; Khan, Zara; Laterra, Anne; Pokhrel, Pankaj; Sharma, Sudhindra
Titel	Community Gender Norms and Gender Gaps in Adolescent Agency in Nepal
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 56 (2024) 1, S.117-142 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yount, Kathryn M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X221140928
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Sex Stereotypes; Adolescents; Gender Differences; Gender Bias; Beliefs; Attitudes; Individual Characteristics; Knowledge Level; Aspiration; Self Efficacy; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechterstereotyp; Belief; Glaube; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Wissensbasis; Streben; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit
Abstract	Sustainable Development Goal 5 challenges governments to address child marriage, which may inhibit girls from developing an agentic self. This paper assesses the direct influence of community gender norms on adolescent agency, and the normative contexts in which gender gaps in adolescent agency are larger or smaller in Nepal. Using baseline data for adolescent girls, adolescent boys, and adults in 54 clusters participating in the CARE Tipping Point Trial, multilevel analysis tested whether: adolescent boys had higher agency than girls; and community gender norms among adults "partly accounted for or modified" gender gaps in adolescent agency. Gender gaps in agency disfavoring girls were common. Community gender norms were more positively associated with intrinsic agency among girls than boys, and more negatively associated with instrumental and collective agency among girls than boys. Enhancing girls' agency while promoting gender-equitable community norms may empower girls' transition to adulthood. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01