Preprimary education laws and women’s gender attitudes, empowerment and reproductive autonomy in 117 low- and middle-income countries

Shang Lou, Ning Ma, Shaoru Chen, Yifan Chen, Guangyu Tong, Zhuang Hao, Wei Huang, Peter Karoli, Md. Ashfikur Rahman, Million Phiri, Pengyang Fan, Melkamu Aderajew Zemene, Lhuri Dwianti Rahmartani, Andrew Marvin Kanyike, Feng Cheng, George Boamah Appiah, Rockli Kim, S. V. Subramanian, Sebastian Vollmer, Scott Rozelle, Pascal Geldsetzer, Rifat Atun, Zhihui Li

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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-026-02583-5
Published: 2026-11-04
Container: Nature Human Behaviour
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41562-026-02583-5,
  title = {Preprimary education laws and women’s gender attitudes, empowerment and reproductive autonomy in 117 low- and middle-income countries},
  author = {Shang Lou and Ning Ma and Shaoru Chen and Yifan Chen and Guangyu Tong and Zhuang Hao and Wei Huang and Peter Karoli and Md. Ashfikur Rahman and Million Phiri and Pengyang Fan and Melkamu Aderajew Zemene and Lhuri Dwianti Rahmartani and Andrew Marvin Kanyike and Feng Cheng and George Boamah Appiah and Rockli Kim and S. V. Subramanian and Sebastian Vollmer and Scott Rozelle and Pascal Geldsetzer and Rifat Atun and Zhihui Li},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature Human Behaviour},
  doi = {10.1038/s41562-026-02583-5},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02583-5}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Preprimary education laws and women’s gender attitudes, empowerment and reproductive autonomy in 117 low- and middle-income countries
AU  - Shang Lou
AU  - Ning Ma
AU  - Shaoru Chen
AU  - Yifan Chen
AU  - Guangyu Tong
AU  - Zhuang Hao
AU  - Wei Huang
AU  - Peter Karoli
AU  - Md. Ashfikur Rahman
AU  - Million Phiri
AU  - Pengyang Fan
AU  - Melkamu Aderajew Zemene
AU  - Lhuri Dwianti Rahmartani
AU  - Andrew Marvin Kanyike
AU  - Feng Cheng
AU  - George Boamah Appiah
AU  - Rockli Kim
AU  - S. V. Subramanian
AU  - Sebastian Vollmer
AU  - Scott Rozelle
AU  - Pascal Geldsetzer
AU  - Rifat Atun
AU  - Zhihui Li
PY  - 2026
JO  - Nature Human Behaviour
DO  - 10.1038/s41562-026-02583-5
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Lou, S., Ma, N., Chen, S., Chen, Y., Tong, G., Hao, Z., Huang, W., Karoli, P., Rahman, M. A., Phiri, M., Fan, P., Zemene, M. A., Rahmartani, L. D., Kanyike, A. M., Cheng, F., Appiah, G. B., Kim, R., Subramanian, S. V., Vollmer, S., Rozelle, S., Geldsetzer, P., Atun, R., & Li, Z. (2026). Preprimary education laws and women’s gender attitudes, empowerment and reproductive autonomy in 117 low- and middle-income countries. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02583-5

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