Determinants of Women Empowerment in Bishoftu Town; Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia

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Determinants of Women Empowerment in Bishoftu Town;
Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia
Zenaye Degefu Agazhi
Arba Minch University; Department of Economics, Ethiopia
zizusgs.agroeco@gmail.com
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Abstract— The purpose of this study was to determine the status of women's empowerment and its determinants
using women's asset endowment and decision-making potential as indicators. To determine representative sample
size, this study used a two-stage sampling technique, and 122 sample respondents were selected at random. To
analyze the data in this study, descriptive statistics and a probit model were used. The average women's
empowerment index was 0.41, indicating a relatively lower status of women's empowerment in the study area.
According to the study's findings, only 40.9% of women were empowered, while the remaining 59.1% were not. The
probit model results show that women's access to the media, women's income, and their husbands' education
status have a significant and positive impact on the status of women's empowerment, while the family size of
households has a negative impact. As a result, it is important to enhance women's access to the media and income,
promote family planning and contraception, and improve men's educational status in order to improve the status
of women's empowerment.
Keywords— Women, Empowerment, Probit, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
I. INTRODUCTION
Women's empowerment is currently considered to be a
crucial topic of interest around the world, as
development in one country cannot be achieved
without equal participation of women (Bayeh, 2016).
Gender equality is a realization of women's equal rights,
and women's participation in all decision-making areas
is a prerequisite for sustainable development in one
country. Since women play a crucial role in achieving
social, political, and economic development, reducing
gender inequalities and empowering women are widely
regarded as central development goals around the
world (UNDP, 2018). In the world, women account for
70% of the poor. This femininity of poverty has
influenced policy development and the identification of
practical solutions. This condition imposes real costs on
society in the form of untapped potential in achieving
agricultural output, food security, and economic growth
in various sectors and many developing countries (ibid).
In Ethiopia, even if women are engaged in multiple
roles, their contributions often go largely unrecognized
and their fathers or husbands often restrict access to
resources and community participation. Worse, one in
three women experiences physical, emotional, or sexual
violence. Furthermore, 65% of women have experienced
female genital mutilation. And only half of the girls who
enroll in primary schools ever make it to grade 5. In
Ethiopia, women still experience significant gender
inequalities as well as economic marginalization (IDRC,
2020). They have limited or restricted access to and
control over productive capital resources, such as land,
as well as financial, extension, and training services that
increase and improve their economic capabilities and
participation (Lynch, 2020 and IDRC, 2020). In addition,
women are underrepresented in the formal sector of

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employment. Women routinely work for lower wages
and in unsafe conditions, including the risk of sexual
harassment. Even in the formal sector, women
dominate labor-intensive and low-skill sub-sectors (IMF,
2018).
Generally, women’s empowerment indicators have
shown that the status of women in Ethiopia is very low
and much more pronounced in some regions compared
to others due to cultural diversity and levels of
development. The outstanding common and root cause
is the deep-rooted patriarchal culture that ascribes a
low status to women in all dimensions. This power
relationship is maintained by society and accepted even
by many women. Positively contributing factors
towards women’s empowerment are girls’ education,
women's working, earning their own income, and
better access to the media (ESPS, 2008). Even if a
number of programs have been implemented to
empower women and bridge the glaring gender
disparities, increase female educational opportunities,
expand economic opportunities for women, and
promote the health and safety of women and girls in
Ethiopia, Ethiopian society in general still remains
skewed in favor of men. Given that women constitute
half of the country’s total population, unequitable
development may be detrimental to the long-term
impact and effectiveness of any development initiatives
(Lynch, 2020). Therefore, it is important to identify
factors that affect women's empowerment and
intervene in different aspects to promote women's
empowerment and contribute to the development of a
country. Accordingly, this study assesses the state of
women's empowerment and identifies the
determinants of women's empowerment in Bishoftu
Town, Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia.
II. THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
2.1. Theoretical Framework
Empowerment can be thought of as a way to create a
social context in which one can make decisions and
choices, either individually or collectively, for social
transformation. By absorbing knowledge, strength, and
experience, enhances the intrinsic capacity (Hashemi et
al., 1996). The process of stimulating or permitting
someone to think, act, and manage tasks independently
is known as empowerment. It is the method by which
one can take charge of their life's circumstances and
destiny. According to Baltiwala (1994), empowerment
comprises having control over one's resources
(physical, human, intellectual, and financial) as well as
one's ideology (beliefs, values, and attitudes).
Women's empowerment is multidimensional (Cornwall,
2016; Eger et al., 2018; Kabeer, 2011) and
multidimensional (Kabeer, 1999; Agarwala and Lynch,
2006; Yount et al., 2016). These components include
resources for empowerment, agency, and the capacity
for decision-making, including in relation to one's
gendered attitudes and beliefs, successes in the
political, economic, social, and cultural spheres, and the
generational transmission of resources and
opportunities (Kabeer, 1999; Kishor, 2000; Moghadam
and Senftova, 2005). Social change in these relevant
areas is a prerequisite for women's empowerment
(Kabeer, 2005). Empowering women involves both
individual and group efforts (Eger et al., 2018; Kabeer,
2011). Claims on additional resources, as well as control
over beliefs, values, and attitudes, are all components
of empowerment (Cornwall, 2016).
The prerequisites for empowerment include enabling
resources (Kabeer, 1999). Women's ability to exert
instrumental agency can be improved by favourable
economic, social, and human resource conditions
(Kishor, 2000). According to Kabeer (2005), education
improves women's cognitive capacities, which is linked
to better health for both women and children. Women's
ability to exert instrumental agency is improved by
having access to wage and self-employment
opportunities (Head et al., 2015; Kabeer, 2005; Salem et
al., 2017). As a means of exercising economic agency,
women's engagement in credit schemes is linked to
higher contraceptive use (Schuler et al., 1997).
Another important concept is agency and according to
Kabeer (1999, 2005), it refers to a woman's capacity to
exercise decision over her life. Agency can be
instrumental or intrinsic. Instrumental agency is often
measured as women's ability to make household and
family-level decisions (Becker et al., 2006; Malhotra and
Mather, 1997; Gammage et al., 2016), women's control
over reproductive and sexual decisions, women's
political and community participation (Moghadam and
Senftova, 2005); or her freedom of movement (Ghuman
et al., 2006; Yount et al., 2016). Women's agency is
largely exercised through their voice and their capacity
to communicate ideas that may be in opposition to
prevailing standards (Gammage et al., 2016). The degree

to which women's gender attitudes mirror or defy
prevailing notions is a measure of this innate agency.
Women's vocalisation of non-normative gender ideas is
a crucial component of validated measures of women's
intrinsic agency in gender unequal settings (Yount et al.,
2016).
2.2. Conceptual Framework
The conceptual framework of women's empowerment
begins with its stimulating aspects, such as the level of
education held by women, their age and income, the
level of education held by their spouses, and their
access to media and credit, among other things. By
directly or indirectly enhancing women's decision-
making skills and increasing their asset holding in the
home, these elements boost women's empowerment.
Fig.1: Conceptual Framework
III. METHODOLOGY
3.1 Description of Study Area
This research was carried out in Bishoftu Town, Oromia
Regional State, Ethiopia. The administrative center of
the city is located between latitudes 80451 and 80471
North and longitudes 380561-390 East. It is located 47
kilometers south of Addis Abeba and 52 kilometers from
Adama. The town covers an area of 18,278 hectares.
According to the population projections made by the
Bishoftu Finance and Economic Cooperation office, the
city has a total population of 201,408 by 2015/16, of
which 48.5% were male, while 51.5% were female
(Bishoftu City Administration, 2020).
3.2. Description of Women Empowerment
Indicator of Women's Empowerment
Assets under the control of women in the household
(Asset-Wealth Index under women's control): This
variable is used to capture the asset that is under the
title and control of women in the household (Kabeer
1997 and Blumberg 2005). The value of this variable
ranges between 0 and 1, and the women with values
closer to 1 are rich in their asset accumulation, while the
ones with values closer to 0 are poor in their asset
holding by following the procedure suggested by
Augustine in 2008.
Women's participation in major household decisions
(Decision-Index): This variable is used to capture
women's participation in major household decisions.
Five indicators are used to assess women's participation
in household decision-making. The women were asked
who makes decisions about their own health care
(whether or not to use contraception), major household
purchases and sales, whether or not they work outside
the home, the number of children, and visits to family or
relatives. For the preceding questions, binary variables
were used (yes=1 if the decision was made 'women
alone' or 'with her husband/parents,' and no=0
otherwise). The value of this variable ranges between 0
and 1, and households with values closer to 1 actively
participate in household decisions, whereas households
with values closer to 0 do not. The value of this variable
ranges between 0 and 1, and households with values
closer to 1 actively participate in household decisions,
whereas households with values closer to 0 do not. The
index was developed by following the procedure
proposed by Augustine in 2008.
3.3. Method of Data Collection and Sampling Procedure
Primary and secondary sources were used to collect
both qualitative and quantitative data. To collect
primary data, semi-structured questionnaires and
interviews with the sampled women were used.
Secondary data was gathered by inspecting all available
documents (published and unpublished) from various
sources.
The target population of the study is women since the
study deals with women's empowerment issues. This
study employed a two-stage random sampling
technique to determine representative sample

respondents. In the first stage of the total of 14 towns,
only two kebele were selected randomly. Accordingly,
Debaso and Biftu kebeles were selected. Then a total of
122 sample respondents were randomly selected out of
62,103 households (Bishoftu City Administration, 2020).
3.4. Method of Data Analysis
The demographic and socioeconomic conditions of the
sample respondents, as well as institutional factors,
were summarized using descriptive statistics such as
mean, frequency, and percentage. Indicators of
women's empowerment were indexed using
Augustine's 2008 procedure and summarized using
simple descriptive statistics.
A probit model was also used to identify the
determinants of women's empowerment. This study
defined empowered women as those who own and
control assets and actively participate in household
decision-making. The dependent variable is binary in
nature, with a value of "1" for those who score higher
than 0.5 on the women's empowerment index and a
value of "0" for those who score lower than 0.5 on the
women's empowerment index.
The probit model is often used in a situation where the
dependent variable has two alternatives, in this case,
empowered or not-empowered. Following Koop (2003),
the econometric specification of the model is given in its
latent as:
j
j
j X
Y e
*
+
=  (1)
Where
*
j
Y is an unobserved (latent) random variable
that defines women empowerment (binary), j
X a
matrix of explanatory variables associated with
individual j.  is a vector of coefficients associated
with the explanatory variables while j
e represents the
random error terms assumed to be independently and
identically distributed; that is., 1)
N(0,
~
ej . The
relationship between the unobserved variable
*
j
Y and
the observed outcome j
Y can be specified as:
0
Y
if
0
Y
0
Y
if
1
Y
j
*
j
j
*
j

=

=
(2)
The probability of the event occurring is the cumulative
density function of j
e evaluated at given values of the
independent variables.
)
X
(
)
X
|
1
Y
Pr( j
j 

=
= (3)
where  is the standard normal cumulative
distribution function for the probit model.
3.5. Ethical, Environmental and Gender Consideration
During data collection, experts who are experienced in
social life and share the common culture of the society
considered moral and cultural setup in order to preserve
the community's moral and folkways. The study has no
negative impact on the environment in any way. In
Ethiopia, since almost all households are male-
dominated, asking male heads on women's
empowerment issues may lead to a misconception of
the finding of this study. Therefore, the elderly women
in the households were interviewed or filled out
questionnaires on women's empowerment.
IV. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1. Demographic Characteristics of Respondents
The sample size for this study was 122 female
respondents with an average age of 31.7 years. The
majority (81.15%) had lower academic achievement,
which was less than a diploma, while the remaining
18.85% had diplomas or higher. 77.05% of the total
respondents were married, while the remaining 22.95%
were classified as others who could be single or
divorced (Table 1).
Table 1: Socio-economic characteristics of respondents
Frequency Percentage Total
Sex Male 0 0 0
Female 122 100 122
Marital Status Married 94 77.05
122
Other 28 22.95

Educational
Background
< Diploma 99 81.15
122
Diploma and above 23 18.85
Source: Own Computation, 2022
4.2. Status of Women Empowerment
The asset-wealth index of women incorporates all
assets and wealth that are under the title and control of
women and was found to be 0.47, which indicates a
relatively lower asset endowment for women. Likewise,
the decision index of women was found to be 0.35,
which indicates the little participation of women in
major household decision-making processes.
Accordingly, the average women's empowerment index
(WEI) was 0.41, which is the relatively lower status of
women's empowerment in the study area (Table 2).
Table 2: Summary of Women Empowerment Indicator
Indicator Minimum Value Maximum Value Average Score
Asset wealth index 0.14 0.93 0.47
Decision index 0.02 0.76 0.35
WEI 0.41
Based upon the above indicator of women's
empowerment, women with greater than or equal to
0.5 average indexes of the two women's empowerment
indicators are considered empowered, while women
with less than 0.5 indexes are considered not
empowered. Accordingly, out of the total respondents,
only 40.98% are empowered while the remaining 59.02%
are not empowered (Table 3).
Table 3: Status of women empowerment
State of Women Empowerment Frequency Percentage
Empowered 50 40.98
Not Empowered 72 59.02
Total 122 100
4.3. Women empowerment and socioeconomic
characteristics of women
The t-test and chi-square comparison of the means of
selected variables by women's empowerment status
are summarized in Table 4. The result indicates that of
the total respondents, 77.05 were married. Of those,
the majority (89%) of them were not empowered.
Regarding women's educational backgrounds, only
18.85% of them have diplomas or above. The result
indicates that empowered women were better in their
academic achievements.
Table 4: Summary of Variables compared between empowered and not empowered women
Variables Not
Empowered
Empowered t-value/ chi2 Total
Married (Yes %) 89 65.1 6.34*** 77.05
Educated (Diploma and above) (Yes %) 14.19 23.51 1.29 18.85
Age in year 29.3 34.1 -1.569 31.7
Family size 6.33 4.07 3.77** 5.2

Income of women in birr 1372.7 4214.5 -4.647*** 2793.6
Access to media (Yes %) 57.01 82.39 7.09*** 69.7
Educated husband or partner (Yes %) 40.8 65.3 3.38* 53.03
Access to credit (Yes %) 33.2 38.6 1.21 35.9
Source: own Computation, 2022
The descriptive statistics summary indicates that the
average age of respondents was 31.7 years, and
empowered women were older than those who were
not empowered. The average family size of respondents
was 5.2, and empowered women have a relatively small
(4.07) family size. The average income of respondents
was 2794 birr, and empowered women received an
average income of 4214 birr, which is relatively better
than women who were not empowered. Around 69.7%
of respondents had access to the media, and it is
confirmed that empowered women had better access
to the media. Only 53.03% of the total respondents have
educated husbands or life partners, and women who
were empowered were better at having educated
husbands or life partners. In this study, only 35.9% of
respondents had access to credit, and empowered
women had better access to credit. Generally,
empowered women are better at having a good
educational background, a small family size, high
income, better access to credit, and having educated
husbands or life partners.
4.4. Determinants of women empowerment
An important purpose of this model is to identify the
factors that determine the likelihood of women's
empowerment in a given context. Identification of
these factors is insufficient unless the relative influence
of each factor is known in order to prioritize
interventions. The econometric models used to identify
determinants of women's empowerment in this study
were used to examine the relative impact of various
socioeconomic and institutional variables on women's
empowerment. Determinants of women's
empowerment were estimated by using the binary
Probit model. The specification of the model was
significant for the estimation of determinants of
women's empowerment, implying that the null
hypothesis that all slope coefficients are zero does not
hold true at 1% statistical error. The estimation result
indicated that women's empowerment was significantly
affected by four variables out of seven hypothesized
variables (See Table 5).
Family size was found to be an important determinant
of women's empowerment since a larger family size
incurs lots of burdens on women. The model result
indicates the negative and significant effect of family
size at 1% statistical error. The status of women's
empowerment dwindled by 4.4% for a unit increase in
family size. This relationship implies that women with a
larger family size might have lots of burdens in the
household, and financial dependency on their husbands
increases. Therefore, as family size increases, women
become less empowered. This finding is in line with
Axinn and Barber, 2001, which support the negative
relationship between family size and women's
empowerment since fertility is negatively associated
with women's education and employment, which
exposes them to modern values and ideas that promote
individualism and egalitarianism.
At a 5% level of statistical error, access to the media was
also found to be a significant factor that positively
contributes to women's empowerment. According to
the model results, having access to the media increases
women's empowerment by 1.5%. This finding is similar to
Kishor's (2000) and UN WOMEN's (2018) research
results, since the media plays an important role in
empowering women and girls by connecting them to
the larger world and providing easy access to
information and education.
The model result confirms that the income of women
positively and significantly relates to women's
empowerment at a 5% level of statistical error. As
women's income increases by one unit, women's
empowerment also increases by 3.2% while all other
factors are held constant. This finding is similar to the
finding of Kishor (2000) and West (2006) since they
have an income that enhances their financial
independence, which increases their bargaining power
in the decision-making process.
The coefficient of education status of husbands shows
the positive and significant effect on women's
empowerment at a 10% level of statistical error. Since
education increases the capacity of human beings to

make the right decisions and respect the ideas of
others, the husband's education status improves the
status of women's empowerment by 0.2%. This result
was in line with the findings of Bhandari et al. (2016).
Table 5: Probit model estimation of likelihood of women empowerment
Covariate Coef. Robust std. Err. Marginal effect
Age 0.049 0.032 0.012
Years of schooling 0.009 0.017 0.012
Family size -0.232*** 0.010 0.0440
Access to Media 0.209** 0.042 .015
Income 0.126** 0.055 0.032
Access to credit -0.086 0.137 -0.022
Education status of Husband 0.196* 0.052 0.002
Constant -2.07*** 0.73
Observation 122
Wald chi2
(7) 63.73***
Log pseudo likelihood -229.68
pseudo R- square 0.12
***, ** and * is significant at 1%, 5% and 10% level of statistical error.
Source: own computation, 2022
V. CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATION
The finding of this study indicates that 40.9% of the total
respondents were empowered, while the remaining
59.1% were not empowered. The probit model results
show that access to the media, women's income, and
the education status of their husbands or life partners
all have a significant and positive impact on the status
of women's empowerment, while family size has a
negative impact. As a result, it is beneficial to increase
women's media exposure, increase job opportunities
for women, widespread entrepreneurship training, and
provide women with access to financial resources in
order to increase their income. Furthermore, the
ministry of health is expected to do a lot in terms of
contraception promotion and family planning
integration with local and regional health centers.
Finally, this study strongly suggests that future research
on the determinants of women's empowerment use a
larger sample size and repeated measures to account
for the heterogeneities that are critical in such studies.
To ensure precise and practical recommendations, both
the spatial and temporal aspects of women's
empowerment dynamics must be investigated.
FUNDING
The author received no direct funding for this research.
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