August 1, 2008
August 13, 2024
Page No.309-316
Sushma Pandey and Manjari Singh
Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
Present study investigated the role of empowerment and personal values in
reproductive health status of women. Questionnaires to assess women
empowerment, personal values, health and reproductive health behaviour were
administered to 30 employed and 30 unemployed women.Results revealed that
employed women felt more empowerment and were superior on social,
democratic, hedonistic and power values than their unemployed counterparts.
They adopted family planning and reported better reproductive health status.
Empowerment and personal values were emerged as strong predictors of
reproductive health