The association between women's decision-making roles in sanitation and mental well-being in urban Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: Research indicates that women and girls face gender-specific stressors related to sanitation that affect their mental health, and women's decision-making agency may play a role in this relationship. This study aimed to quantitatively assess the association between women's sanitation-related decision-making - overall, within the household, and within the community - and well-being in two urban municipalities in Bangladesh. This paper is a secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data collected from 1449 women in Meherpur and Saidpur, Bangladesh from March-April 2022. We measured well-being using the World Health Organization Well-being Index [WHO-5] and primary exposures included women's sanitation-related decision-making and access to an unshared latrine. Decision-making was measured u

SUBMITTER: Stephan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12450114 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature