TY - JOUR
T1 - The Link Between Occupations, Labor Force Participation of Married Women, and Household Technology in Indonesia
AU - Rimkute, Aurelija
AU - Sugiharti, Lilik
N1 - Funding Information:
The data were obtained from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, which was funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) (National Population and Family Planning Board et al., 2018). The data were collected by the National Population and Family Planning Board, Statistics Indonesia (BPS), and the Ministry of Health. The survey covered 34 provinces in Indonesia. Due to reaching representative statistics of the country, the distribution of the women in the sample was weighted. The data was imported from the Demographic and Health Surveys Model Household Questionnaire (The DHS Program, 2017) and the Demographic and Health Surveys Model Woman's Questionnaire (The DHS Program, 2018). The sampling does not include nomadic and institutional populations. The sample design resulted in 50,730 households, from which 47,963 were successfully interviewed, yielding a 99% household response rate. Some variables were involved in the Household Questionnaire, such as the ownership of a washing machine and the number of sleeping rooms. In the Household Questionnaire, 49,627 women completed the interviews, yielding a response rate of 98%. Following DHS recommendations, merged data from the Household and Woman’s Questionnaires were sorted by the cluster number, the household number, and the line number. In Indonesia, the DHS dataset included 49,584 respondents. Excluding non-married women and missing values, the data constituted a usable sample of 34,058 women aged 15–49 in Indonesia.
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Although the effect differs among occupations, this study indicated that aside from socioeconomic variables, household technology relates to the labor force participation of married women in Indonesia. While the link between household technology and women’s labor force participation was analyzed, the research on the impact of household technology on women’s occupational choices in the labor market (e.g., white-collar, pink-collar, blue-collar jobs, agricultural) and full-time homemakers was not the focus. Primary data were obtained from the Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey 2017. The data involved a usable sample of 32,559 married women aged 15–49. Using the multinomial logistic model, the study finds evidence that household technology primarily supports married women in pink-collar jobs. Thus, information and communication technology facilitates women in white-collar jobs. However, these elements are negatively linked to women’s labor force participation in blue-collar and agriculture. Additionally, the study reveals that the lack of household technology influences inactive married women in the labor market (homemakers).
AB - Although the effect differs among occupations, this study indicated that aside from socioeconomic variables, household technology relates to the labor force participation of married women in Indonesia. While the link between household technology and women’s labor force participation was analyzed, the research on the impact of household technology on women’s occupational choices in the labor market (e.g., white-collar, pink-collar, blue-collar jobs, agricultural) and full-time homemakers was not the focus. Primary data were obtained from the Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey 2017. The data involved a usable sample of 32,559 married women aged 15–49. Using the multinomial logistic model, the study finds evidence that household technology primarily supports married women in pink-collar jobs. Thus, information and communication technology facilitates women in white-collar jobs. However, these elements are negatively linked to women’s labor force participation in blue-collar and agriculture. Additionally, the study reveals that the lack of household technology influences inactive married women in the labor market (homemakers).
KW - Female labor force participation
KW - Household technology
KW - Indonesia
KW - Married women
KW - Occupations
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U2 - 10.25133/JPSSv312023.002
DO - 10.25133/JPSSv312023.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85136610857
SN - 2465-4418
VL - 31
SP - 20
EP - 37
JO - Journal of Population and Social Studies
JF - Journal of Population and Social Studies
ER -
