Women's Empowerment and Current use of Contraception in Bangladesh

Biswas, Tapash Kumar; Kabir, M

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“…Zafar, 1996; Biswas & Kabir, 2002; Ahmed et al , 2010; Bogale et al , 2011). Four studies included couples (Safilios-Rothschild, 1990; Kritz et al , 2000; Chapagain & Matrika, 2005; Haile & Enqueselassie, 2006) and one study included couple–mother-in-law triads (Fikree et al , 2001).…”

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“…Women’s literacy, or her husband’s educational attainment (Isiugo-Abanihe, 1994; Hoque & Murdock, 1997; Hogan et al , 1999; Hindin, 2000; Al Riyami et al , 2004; Kabir et al , 2005), spousal communication about family planning, fertility, finances and/or other household matters (Isiugo-Abanihe, 1994; Dharmalingam & Morgan, 1996; Sathar & Kazi, 1997; Mahmood, 2002; Kabir et al , 2005) and composite empowerment scores (Kishor, 1995; Amin et al , 1996; Biswas & Kabir, 2002; Al Riyami et al , 2004; Feldman et al , 2009) were consistently positively associated with current contraceptive use (in ≥60% of analyses). The findings for women’s employment and gender attitudes were consistently null, whereas the results for financial autonomy were equivocal.…”

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“…Among the studies examining the relationships between reproductive or sexual decision-making and current contraceptive use, the majority found consistently positive associations (Govindasamy & Malhotra, 1996; Sathar & Kazi, 1997; Hogan et al , 1999; Kravdal, 2001; Biswas & Kabir, 2002; Do & Kurimoto, 2012), while the lone study on sexual decision-making (based on an index of questions related to refusing sex or requesting condom use) produced mixed positive and null results (Crissman et al , 2012). …”

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“…While several articles investigated the effects of reproductive decision-making on various family planning outcomes ( n = 7/46 articles) (Govindasamy & Malhotra, 1996; Khan, 1997; Hogan et al , 1999; Kravdal, 2001; Biswas & Kabir, 2002; Saleem & Pasha, 2008; Do & Kurimoto, 2012), fewer articles ( n = 3/46 articles) investigated the relationship between empowerment and participation in family planning decisionmaking as a dependent variable ( n = 23/403 analyses) (Govindasamy & Malhotra, 1996; Chapagain & Matrika, 2005; Bogale et al , 2011) (Table 6). Only Govindasamy and Malhotra (1996) examined participation in family planning decision-making as both an exposure and outcome.…”

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Women’s Empowerment and Family Planning: A Review of the Literature

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Summary This paper reviews the literature examining the relationship between women’s empowerment and contraceptive use, unmet need for contraception and related family planning topics in developing countries. Searches were conducted using PubMed, Popline and Web of Science search engines in May 2013 to examine literature published between January 1990 and December 2012. Among the 46 articles included in the review, the majority were conducted in South Asia (n = 24). Household decision-making (n = 21) and mobility (n = 17) were the most commonly examined domains of women’s empowerment. Findings show that the relationship between empowerment and family planning is complex, with mixed positive and null associations. Consistently positive associations between empowerment and family planning outcomes were found for most family planning outcomes but those investigations represented fewer than two-fifths of the analyses. Current use of contraception was the most commonly studied family planning outcome, examined in more than half the analyses, but reviewed articles showed inconsistent findings. This review provides the first critical synthesis of the literature and assesses existing evidence between women’s empowerment and family planning use.

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“…Women's empowerment, abortion and family planning are inter realted. Empowering women help exercise free choices, right to control fertility, right to take an autonomous decision on healthcare seeking behaviour, mobility, reproductive rights, ownership of assets, participation in social group and increase awareness [11] [12]. However, there is a significant barrier on knowledge on abortion laws and access to safe abortion practices.…”

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Women empowerment for abortion and family planning decision making among marginalised women in Nepal: a mixed method study

Shrestha

Pokharel

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Background Women empowerment is multidimensional. Women’s education, employment, income, reproductive healthcare decision making, household level decision making and social status are vital for women empowerment. Nepal is committed to achieving women empowerment and gender equality, which directly affects the reproductive health issues. This can only be achieved by addressing the issues of the poor and marginalised communities. In this context, we aimed to find the association of women empowerment with abortion and family planning decision making among marginalised women in Nepal. Methods A mixed-method study was conducted at selected municipalities of Morang district of Nepal from February 2017 to March 2018. Cross sectional study was conducted among 316 married marginalised women of reproductive age (15–49 years) and key informants interview was conducted among 15 representative healthcare providers and local leaders. From key informants, data were analysed using the thematic framework method. Findings obtained from two separate analyses were drawn together and meta inferences were made. Results Women empowered above average were 50.6%. Current use of modern contraceptives were more among below average empowerment groups (p 0.041, OR 0.593 C.I. 0.36–0.98). We could not find any statistical significant differences among women empowerment with abortion knowledge (p 0.549); family planning knowledge (p 0.495) and women’s’ decision for future use of modern contraceptives (p 0.977). Most of key informants reported that unsafe abortion was into practice. Conclusions Women empowerment has no direct role for family planning and abortion decision making at marginalised communities of Morang district of Nepal. There was direct influence of different organisations for seeking healthcare services on abortion and family planning despite having women empowerment.

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Does Women Empowerment alone Influence Contraception utilization in Bangladesh perspective? Findings from demographic health survey 2017-18 using A SEM analysis

Sarwer,

Jahan,

Chowdhury

2023

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BackgroundWomen empowerment is a crucial issue that is less studied as a factor of contraception use among married women which helps to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). The present study aims to assess the relationship between women empowerment and contraception use.MethodsThis cross-sectional study used Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey data 2017-18 which included 12006 (weighted) women aged from 15-49 years old. Hierarchical logistic regression and structural equation model (SEM) were used to show the relationship between women empowerment and contraception use.ResultsOverall, the tend to using contraception was increased with increased age, urban residence, increased wealth index and education level of both husband and wife. The findings from regression model showed that women empowerment in terms of women decision making, attitude to violence and social independence significantly influence the contraception use after controlling the covariates (p<0.05). SEM analysis showed negative relationship with overall women empowerment and contraception use (β= -0.138) which was not significant (p>0.05).ConclusionThis study implies that greater women empowerment may not always act as stronger determinant for using contraception, and therefore other contributing factors such as age, education, religion, husband’s participation, joined decision making, economic status and couple relationship should be warranted.

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Women's Empowerment and Current use of Contraception in Bangladesh

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Women’s Empowerment and Family Planning: A Review of the Literature

Women’s Empowerment and Family Planning: A Review of the Literature

Women empowerment for abortion and family planning decision making among marginalised women in Nepal: a mixed method study

Does Women Empowerment alone Influence Contraception utilization in Bangladesh perspective? Findings from demographic health survey 2017-18 using A SEM analysis

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