Women's empowerment and contraceptive use: Recent evidence from ASEAN countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A fundamental element of gender equity are women's rights to reproductive choice. Women's empowerment is often linked to enabling decisions around contraceptive use and reduced fertility worldwide, although limited evidence is currently available around contraceptive use and decision making in ASEAN countries.

Objective

To examine the association between women's empowerment and contraceptive use in five selected ASEAN member states.

Methods

Data from the latest Demographic and Health Survey of Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, The Philippines, and Timor-Leste were used. The main outcome was contraceptive use among married women (15-49 years) from these five countries. We considered four indicators of empowerment: labor force participation; disagreement with rea

SUBMITTER: Efendi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10298759 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature