Linkages between women's empowerment, religion, marriage type, and uptake of antenatal care visits in 13 West African countries.

ABSTRACT: Characteristics which reflect a particular context and unique to individuals, households, and societies have been suggested to have an impact on the association between women's empowerment and women's well-being indicators. However, there is limited empirical evidence of this effect. We used access to antenatal care (ANC) to examine the main and interaction effects of women's empowerment, religion, marriage type, and uptake of services in 13 West African countries. Data was extracted from Phase 6 and 7 of the Demographic and Health Survey, and we measured women's empowerment using the survey-based women's empowerment (SWPER) index for women's empowerment in Africa. ANC visits as the outcome variable was analyzed as a count variable and the SWPER domains, religion, and marriage type were th

SUBMITTER: Onah MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10281566 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature