As someone raised by non westerners, every single woman cousin of mine chose to become financially independent. And why would they not? Who wants to live under the thumb of someone else?
Ignore my anecdote. The proof is the simple fact that wherever women are allowed to financial independence, they choose to take if.
I have had this conversation come up many times before and the people always say that their daughter in law is their daughter and everything that is theirs is hers. So then I tell them, well, they should have no problem signing over their assets to her, and they clam up pretty quickly.
Ask this question in the West and you may be surprised too.