Bring a Friend : Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India

Bring a Friend : Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India

This paper experimentally tests whether enabling individuals to incentivize others to socialize with them can strengthen social networks and improve well-being. The paper examines family planning access for women in India, who tend to be socially i...

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Main Authors: Anukriti, S, Herrera-Almanza, Catalina, Karra, Mahesh
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank 2022
Subjects:
REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY
WOMEN
SOCIAL NETWORKS
PEERS
VOUCHERS
FAMILY PLANNING
CONTRACEPTION
FEMALE AUTONOMY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099443506272238027/IDU061b4bd530f84804a0c095190c2f7eff9bfe1
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spelling okr-10986-376252022-07-06T05:10:34Z Bring a Friend : Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India Anukriti, S Herrera-Almanza, Catalina Karra, Mahesh REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY WOMEN SOCIAL NETWORKS PEERS VOUCHERS FAMILY PLANNING CONTRACEPTION FEMALE AUTONOMY This paper experimentally tests whether enabling individuals to incentivize others to socialize with them can strengthen social networks and improve well-being. The paper examines 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. 2022-07-05T19:44:06Z 2022-07-05T19:44:06Z 2022-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099443506272238027/IDU061b4bd530f84804a0c095190c2f7eff9bfe1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37625 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;10107 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia South Asia India
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topic REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY
WOMEN
SOCIAL NETWORKS
PEERS
VOUCHERS
FAMILY PLANNING
CONTRACEPTION
FEMALE AUTONOMY
spellingShingle REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY
WOMEN
SOCIAL NETWORKS
PEERS
VOUCHERS
FAMILY PLANNING
CONTRACEPTION
FEMALE AUTONOMY
Anukriti, S
Herrera-Almanza, Catalina
Karra, Mahesh
Bring a Friend : Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India
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South Asia
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relation Policy Research Working Paper;10107
description This paper experimentally tests whether enabling individuals to incentivize others to socialize with them can strengthen social networks and improve well-being. The paper examines 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.
format Working Paper
author Anukriti, S
Herrera-Almanza, Catalina
Karra, Mahesh
author_facet Anukriti, S
Herrera-Almanza, Catalina
Karra, Mahesh
author_sort Anukriti, S
title Bring a Friend : Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India
title_short Bring a Friend : Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India
title_full Bring a Friend : Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India
title_fullStr Bring a Friend : Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India
title_full_unstemmed Bring a Friend : Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India
title_sort bring a friend : strengthening women’s social networks and reproductive autonomy in india
publisher Washington, DC : World Bank
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099443506272238027/IDU061b4bd530f84804a0c095190c2f7eff9bfe1
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37625
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