Empowerment, de relatie met werk, religie en (landelijk) opleidingsniveau

Abstract

A lot of research has been done about the positive relationship between paid work and empowerment and the negative relationship between religion and empowerment among women. Besides confirming these relationships, this study has four other major purposes: (1) to investigate the negative interaction effect of the average nationwide level of education on the relationship between paid work and empowerment among women worldwide. (2) To examine the positive interaction effect of the average nationwide level of education on the relationship between religion and empowerment among women worldwide. (3) To examine the positive interaction effect of the level of education on the relationship between paid work and empowerment and (4) on the relationship between religion and empowerment among women in the Netherlands. Data for this study was selected by using the World Value Survey 2012. The coherence of these subjects was analysed by a multiple linear regression. The results of the analysis suggest that the average nationwide level of education has a negative interaction effect with paid work and empowerment. This interaction effect is positive with religion and empowerment. Lastly, the results do not support any relationship between any of the variables in case of the Dutch women.