Institutions matter: The role of institutions in the relationship between decision-making power and contraceptive autonomy.

ABSTRACT: Several academic papers have shown that the distribution of household decision-making power has a positive influence on women's contraceptive autonomy. This paper considers the role of the social or institutional environment (as captured by place of residence) in ameliorating or contributing to this relationship. Our study focuses on the context of Nigeria, a country with diverse gender norms and religious practices, often determined by geographic location. For example, Western common law is more prevalent in the southern Nigeria, while Sharia law is largely practiced in the North of the country. The analysis uses the Performance and Monitoring for Action (PMA) dataset (2019-2020), and analysis is done using logistic regressions. We find evidence that the relationship between household dec

SUBMITTER: Rossouw L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11560016 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature