Bring a Friend: Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India; Dr S Anukriti (The World Bank)
Abstract
We experimentally test if enabling individuals to incentivize others to socialize with them can strengthen social networks and improve well-being. We examine family planning access for women in India, who tend to be socially isolated and for whom peer support may overcome intrahousehold constraints. Enabling women to jointly visit a clinic with other women not only increased social ties and strengthened peer engagement, but also increased clinic visits and contraceptive use. Moreover, this intervention was more effective in improving reproductive autonomy of women who faced greater intrahousehold opposition than an intervention that only improved women’s own access to the clinic.
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Date
Thursday, 01 September 2022
Time
4pm to 5.30pm
Venue
Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room; AS2 03-12