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UN Women — Rural Women Study

A large-scale study of the economic and social situation of women living in rural areas, their access to rights and services, decision-making processes and gender dimensions.

  • Women’s Empowerment
  • Gender
  • Rural Development

Project fact sheet

Institution
UN Women
Country / geography
Türkiye
Year
2022
ID’s role
  • Research design
  • Multi-stage sampling
  • Quantitative and qualitative fieldwork
Sample size
4,800 women
Field coverage
26 provinces
Target groups
Women living in rural areas
Methodology
  • Multi-stage sampling
  • Quantitative survey
  • In-depth interviews
  • Focus groups
Case study

Can you measure the situation of rural women through income alone?

The problem

Economic position is only one dimension of the living conditions of rural women.

Our approach

In the Rural Women study, access to rights, gender, decision-making mechanisms, social vulnerability and rural development were assessed alongside economic position. The study used a mixed design combining quantitative and qualitative methods.

What it taught us

Complex social problems have no single indicator. Their different dimensions have to be measured together.

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