Women empowerment domains and unmet need for contraception among married and cohabiting fecund women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analysis based on gender role framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low women empowerment, is a known contributing factor to unmet needs for contraception by limiting access to health services through negative cultural beliefs and practices. However, little is known about the association between unmet needs and domains of women empowerment in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Hence, this study aimed at assessing the influence of women empowerment domains on the unmet need for contraception in the region using the most recent Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data (2016-2021).

Methods

The data for the study was derived from the appended women's (IR) file of eighteen SSA countries. A weighted sample of 128,939 married women was analyzed by STATA version 16. The Harvard Institute's Gender Roles Framework, which comprised of infl

SUBMITTER: Habte A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10491392 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature