Mother’s Autonomy and other Determining Factors of Child Immunisation: Scenario of Barak Valley, Assam

Abstract

The study analyses the impact of mothers’ autonomy on child immunisation. The study also scrutinizes the factors associated with the autonomy and health of a mother in the study area. This study is based on a novel data set especially collected for this study. Using the UNDP-HDI methodology and logit model the objectives are investigated. The study concludes that child immunisation is highly affected by mother’s autonomy and the factors that determine mother’s autonomy are household size, mother’s education, mother’s occupation, living condition index, asset index, and mother’s awareness index.