Married women decision making autonomy on health care utilization in high fertility sub-Saharan African countries: A multilevel analysis of recent Demographic and Health Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women's decision-making autonomy has a potential impact on the scale-up of health care utilization. In high fertility countries, evidence regarding women's decision-making autonomy on their health care utilization and its associated factors is limited and inconclusive. Hence, it is important to investigate women decision-making autonomy on their health care utilization and associated factors in high fertility countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods

The data source for this study was obtained from recent Demographic and Health Surveys that were comprised of a weighted sample of 178875 reproductive age women. A multilevel mixed-effect binary logistic regression model was fitted. The odds ratios, along with the 95% confidence interval were generated to identify indi

SUBMITTER: Negash WD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10343071 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature