Women empowerment and use of contraception

Patrikar, Seema; Basannar, D.R.; M, Sharma

doi:10.1016/j.mjafi.2013.12.014

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“…In line with the theoretical framework, it has been evident that women empowerment contributes to high possibility of contraceptive use in Ghana. This is in line with an observation made in India where it was found that women are more likely to use contraceptives when their decision-making competency on their health is not compromised [36].…”

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confidence: 91%

Contraceptive Use in Ghana: What about Women Empowerment?

Ameyaw¹,

Appiah²,

Agbesi³

et al. 2017

ASM

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Introduction: Although contraceptive usage appears to be increasing in Ghana, 30 and 42 percent of married and unmarried women respectively still have unmet need for family planning services partly due to their inability to exercise their basic rights on fertility issues. Meanwhile, expanding freedom of choice and actions to shape women's life is critical to how women can be autonomous about issues surrounding their fertility. On this premise, this study aimed at investigating empowerment status and usage of contraceptives among women in the reproductive age in Ghana. Methods: The study made use of the 2014 Ghana Demographic and health survey with a sample size of 9396. The outcome variable was contraceptive use whilst the main independent variable was women empowerment (measured by ability to decide on a woman's own healthcare, large household purchases and visiting family members). Both bivariate and multivariate binary logistic regressions were carried out generating odd ratios to explore the association at 95% confidence interval. Results: The results indicated that women who were not deciding alone on their own healthcare were less probable to use contraceptives (OR = 0.92, CI = 0.80 -1.07) as well as those who were not deciding alone on large household purchases (OR = 0.96, CI = 0.82 -1.11) and visiting family members (OR = 0.63, CI = 0.93 -1.25) at the bivariate level. However, at the multivariate level, higher likelihoods of contraceptive use were found among those who were not deciding alone on health (OR = 1.26, CI = 1.18 -1.68), large household purchases (OR = 1.30, CI = 1.08 -1.55) and visiting family members (OR = 1.32, CI = 1.12 -1.57). Conclusion: This has inspired the need to intensify women empowerment interventions through mass media and all possible avenues in order to enhance reproductive health.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Contraceptive Use in Ghana: What about Women Empowerment?

Ameyaw¹,

Appiah²,

Agbesi³

et al. 2017

ASM

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“…Therefore, if they have high bargaining power, and therefore a strong ability to influence decision-making in the desired direction, the likelihood that they will use contraception will be high. This outcome is similar to that found by Rwenge (2003); Klomegah (2006) and Patrikar et al (2014). On the other hand, it is far from those of DeRose & Ezeh (2010) who found that the decision-making power of the woman (at the individual level) has no effect on the use of contraception in Uganda.…”

Section: Probit Model Resultssupporting

confidence: 86%

The effect of women’s bargaining power within couples on contraceptive use in Cameroon

Tchuimi

Kamga

2020

Gates Open Res

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The prevalence of contraception among married women, Background: evaluated at 23%, is low in Cameroon. Maternal death rates, estimated at 782 deaths per 100,000 live births, are very worrying. The National Strategic Plan for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (2015-2020) focuses on increasing contraceptive prevalence as a means to reduce maternal death. This paper identifies women's bargaining power as a factor that may stimulate contraceptive use. The objective of this study is to measure the effect of women's bargaining power within couples on contraceptive use.The data used come from the Demographic and Health Survey Methods: and Multiple Indicators (DHS-MICS) conducted in 2011. Women's bargaining power within couples is measured by a Woman Bargaining Power Composite Index (WBPCI) built through a multiple correspondence analysis. Descriptive statistics (frequency distribution, cross tabulation, chi-square test) and the probit model were used to analyze the relationship between WBPCI and contraceptive use. Additionally, since the target population for this study is couples in which women were not pregnant, a Heckman probit model was also estimated to address the potential selection bias.The results of the descriptive statistics show that women's Results: bargaining power is higher among women who use contraception than for those who do not. The results of the probit model show that women's bargaining power significantly increases the probability of contraceptive use by 3.4%. In addition, the probability of using contraception also increases with the education of women. The estimation of the Heckman probit model illustrates that the effect of women's bargaining power on the probability of contraceptive use remains virtually unchanged.To reduce high maternal death rates in Cameroon, public Conclusions: health policies should not only focus on the health system itself but should also focus on social policies to empower women in the household.

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“…A large and growing body of literature has investigated the association between women's empowerment and fertility preferences (Abadian, 1996;Larsen and Hollos, 2003;Patrikar et al, 2014;Al Riyami et al, 2004;Schuler et al, 1996;Upadhyay and Karasek, 2012;and Upadhyay et al, 2014). Fertility preferences are mainly influenced by women's resource control, freedom of movement and freedom from household domination.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While some of this focuses on spill-over benefits resulting from allowing women to have greater control over resources and the impact that this has on the health and education of their children and on better well-being prospects for future generations (the World Bank Poverty, Inequality and Gender Group, 2012), other literature pays particular attention to the relationship between women's empowerment and health outcomes (see, for example, Abadian, 1996;Bloom et al, 2001;Fotso et al, 2008;Larsen and Hollos, 2003;Lee-Rife, 2010;Patrikar et al, 2014;Wypij and Gupta, 2001;Sado et al, 2014;Schuler et al, 1996;Schuler et al, 1997;Upadhyay and Karasek, 2012;and Upadhyay et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Rwanda

Musonera¹,

Heshmati

2017

Frontiers in African Business Research

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S Measuring Women's Empowerment in Rwanda ABSTRACT Measuring Women's Empowerment in RwandaThis study examines the determinants of women's empowerment in Rwanda using data obtained from DHS 2010. A regression analysis is used to investigate the association between women's empowerment and its covariates. The study also uses a multinomial logistic regression to assess what determines households' decision-making and attitudes towards physical abuse of spouses. Variables of sources of empowerment such as education and media exposure were found to have a net positive association with women's empowerment while other variables such as residence and the age at first marriage were negatively associated with women's empowerment. Further analysis showed that the effects of education, age of the respondent, wealth and the number of children ever born remained strong conditions which effected households' decision-making and attitudes about physical abuse. In general, therefore, it seems that for women to fully realize their potential and rights, specific emphasis should be put on variables that increase their access to resources and knowledge such as education, employment for cash and media exposure but variables that are negatively associated with women's empowerment such as higher age at first marriage should also be taken into account.JEL Classification: D63, D91, I15, I25, J12

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Women empowerment and use of contraception

Cited by 39 publications

References 4 publications

Contraceptive Use in Ghana: What about Women Empowerment?

Contraceptive Use in Ghana: What about Women Empowerment?

The effect of women’s bargaining power within couples on contraceptive use in Cameroon

Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Rwanda

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