This study measures agency among married and unmarried young women
in two disparate states of India namely Tamil Nadu and Bihar. It is
also analyses the association of agency and sexual and reproductive
health (SRH) young women. The study utilizes data from "Youth in
India: Situation and Needs, 2006-2007"survey. Bivariate and
Multivariate techniques are used to understand the differentials,
and factors associated with agency and Sexual and reproductive
health. The Principal Component Analysis is used to compute the
agency based on three indices namely decision making, freedom of
movement, and self efficacy. The multinomial logistic regression is
used to understand the factor associated with sexual and
reproductive health knowledge. Higher Educated and economically
better off women, more exposed to mass media, living in urban area
have higher agency for both married and unmarried women. Findings
reveals that women having higher agency are found to have higher
odds of better knowledge on Sexual and Reproductive Health.
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