TY  - JOUR
T1  - Women Participation in Household Automobile Decision Making in a Developing Economy-Nigeria
AU - , B. O. Odufuwa 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 6
SP  - 739
EP  - 745
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2007.739.745
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2007.739.745
KW  - Household
KW  -automobile
KW  -decision
KW  -participation and patriarchy
AB  - Women make up an increasing share of the labour force in almost all the regions of the world. Despite their reproductive and home management role, they experience continuous decline or discrimination in decisions making process. This behavioural pattern have resultantly fuel the widespread of poverty among women world-wide. This tend has implications especially on planning requiring accurate interpretation of specific needs and wants of women in the society. Transportation for women is one of the most important yet unappreciated issues confronting most households and the society as a whole. The tenet of this study is to examine the roles of the various decision-making in household private automobile acquisition decision-making. A total of 1500 respondents from a cross-sectional survey in Lagos, Nigeria, shows male dominance in decision-making. Joint decision between both parties (husband and wife) is also significant. Apart from economic status, the local customs and discriminating legal institutions are important factors that make a woman to participate more or less in private vehicle acquisition decision in the household. Empirical findings reveals that, women’s socio-economic profile or background negatively impacts their ability to participate and be involved in household automobile acquisition’s decision making.
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