Predicting Support for Women's Autonomy in Americas

Estelle Shaya

Vanderbilt University

Key Findings:

  • Support for women's autonomy-measured as disagreement with the notion

    that women need to ask permission to see friends and family-varies

    significantly across countries

  • Those who are more educated and wealthier are more supportive of women's

    autonomy

  • Those who are older-on average-hold more traditionally conservative views on

    women's autonomy

  • Support for authoritarian leadership correlates with lower support for women's

    autonomy

  • Belief that domestic violence is a family matter also correlates with lower

    support for women's autonomy, as does the experience of marriage

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