Women's empowerment and fertility preferences of married women: analysis of demographic and health survey'2016 in Timor-Leste Running title: Women's empowerment and fertility preferences: Timor-Leste

• Main Authors: Nandeeta Samad (Author), Pranta Das (Author), Segufta Dilshad (Author), Hasan Al Banna (Author), Golam Rabbani (Author), Temitayo Eniola Sodunke (Author), Timothy Craig Hardcastle (Author), Ahsanul Haq (Author), Khandaker Anika Afroz (Author), Rahnuma Ahmad (Author), Mainul Haque (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AIMS Press, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A recently independent state, Timor-Leste, is progressing towards socioeconomic development, prioritizing women empowerment while its increased fertility rate (4.1) could hinder the growth due to an uncontrolled population. Currently, limited evidence shows that indicators of women's empowermen...