Exploration of factors influencing men’s attitude toward women empowerment in Zambia

ABSTRACT

The study explored factors associated with men’s attitude toward the empowerment of women in Zambia using Multiple and Logistic regression analyses on a total subsample of 6705 men who participated in 2018 Zambia Demography and Health Survey. The findings revealed that region, education level, work status, marital status, and age are better predictors of men’s attitude toward women empowerment, explaining about 8% of variations in men’s attitudes toward violence against women and women involvement in decision making and about 28% toward women ownership of property. The results contribute to empowerment literature and nongovernmental organisations advocating for women empowerment.

KEYWORDS:

• Men’s attitude toward women empowerment
• gender equality
• logistic regression analysis

Acknowledgments

The author wishes to express his gratitude toward the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for giving this study access to the 2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (2018 ZDHS).

Mumba Brian holds a Masters of Science in Educational Measurement and Evaluation from Mersin University, Turkey and a bachelor’s degree in Adult Education from the University of Zambia. His research interests include quantitative and qualitative research design, statistics, item response theory, scale development, literacy, education and empowerment, psychological assessment and adult learning.

Disclosure statement

There are no conflicts of interest.