Women's Status in a Rural Chinese Setting

Autor/in	Li, Jianghong
Titel	Women's Status in a Rural Chinese Setting
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 70 (2005) 2, S.229-252 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Housework; Socioeconomic Status; Females; Social Status; Spouses; Rural Areas; Sex Stereotypes; Literacy; Minority Groups; Power Structure; Personal Autonomy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hausarbeit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Weibliches Geschlecht; Sozialer Status; Ehepartner; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Ethnische Minderheit; Individuelle Autonomie
Abstract	This study extends the literature by identifying two new dimensions of rural women?s status (husband?s housework sharing and women?s exposure to the larger world, in addition to power and autonomy) based on rich information from a representative sample of 1.062 childbearing women in rural Yunnan, China. It utilizes linear structural relations models to operationalize and analyze variations in women?s status. The findings show that women?s status is multi-dimensional and cannot be captured under a single index. Female literacy and family socioeconomic status are positively associated with women?s status. Minority women and women from the plains area enjoy greater equality in housework sharing than the Han women and those from hilly villages. Han Chinese women and those residing in the plains area enjoy greater decision-making power than minority women and women residing in mountainous areas. (Author).
Anmerkungen	Rural Sociological Society, 104 Gentry Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7040 TEL: 573/882-9065 FAX: 573/882-1473
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10