• Dilip M Patil

Women in India constitute almost half of the population. Women’s role in the present society has become more pertinent than ever because of the changing scenario of the society. Globalization demands the string change about women’s involvement in all spheres of life.. Developed countries take their women’s role more seriously than developing nations The present study of 661 working women in Mumbai suburb is an attempt to evaluate the change in the autonomy level over the three areas of decision making during the period of 10 years (2005-2015). It is found that, „Support to family income‟ still remains the prime reason for the women ahead of other reasons. The data also revealed that, the Religion women follow has significant on their decision making in the area of ‘Financial’ as well as ‘Family decision making’ but not on the ‘Children related issues’. This reflects the male dominated nature of society in India The overall index of Autonomy is obtained as 144.3, indicates that, there is 44.3% increase in their autonomy level during last 10 years. If India has to become a developed nation, women should be provided with an environment in which they will have their say in making decisions at family as well as society level at large.

Religion, Financial decision-making, Family decision making, Women’s autonomy, Self-decision

"AUTONOMY TO WOMEN IN DECISION MAKING - A STATISTICAL STUDY OF WOMEN IN MUMBAI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.792-799, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807718.pdf

"AUTONOMY TO WOMEN IN DECISION MAKING - A STATISTICAL STUDY OF WOMEN IN MUMBAI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp792-799, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807718.pdf