Women's empowerment and contraceptive use: the role of independent versus couples' decision-making, from a lower middle income country perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is little available evidence of associations between the various dimensions of women's empowerment and contraceptive use having been examined--and of how these associations are mediated by women's socio-economic and demographic statuses. We assessed these phenomena in Pakistan using a structured-framework approach.

Methods

We analyzed data on 2,133 women who were either using any form of contraceptive or living with unmet need for contraception. The survey was conducted during May - June 2012, with married women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in three districts of Punjab. The dimensions of empowerment were categorized broadly into: economic decision-making, household decision-making, and women's mobility. Two measures were created for each dimension, an

SUBMITTER: Hameed W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4131908 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature