Golam Mostofa  , Ismail Tareque  , Morshedul Haque  , Towfiqua Mahfuza Islam  , 
    Mathematical Modeling of Women Empowerment in Bangladesh,
    Research Journal of Applied Sciences,
    Volume 3,Issue 6,
    2008,
    Pages 416-420,
    ISSN 1815-932x,
    rjasci.2008.416.420,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2008.416.420)
    Abstract: The aim of the present study is to estimate the women empowerment index value in Bangladesh since, women’s empowerment is a matter of basic human rights which has during the last decade become a panacea for third world development. For this purpose, BDHS-2004 data have been used which reveals that empowerment level of women increases with age except the age group 45-49. Moreover, a mathematical model has been fitted to the mean score of women empowerment index which shows that women empowerment index follows a quadratic polynomial model.
    Keywords: Women empowerment;polynomial model;cross validity prediction power test;Bangladesh