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Sep 2026
THE SPATIAL LANDSCAPE OF GENDER INEQUALITY: EVALUATING FEMALE EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA USING PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS
Female empowerment is increasingly recognized as a multidimensional determinant of economic growth, yet its regional distribution within India remains unevenly studied. This paper constructs a Female Empowerment Index for all 28 Indian states and 8 union territories using NFHS-5 (2019-2021) data across three standardiz...
A. Jagan, Pallabi Banarjee
· International Journal of Adv... · 0 citations