Women's empowerment and fertility decision-making in 53 low and middle resource countries: a pooled analysis of demographic and health surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Women's empowerment and its association with fertility preference are vital for central-level promotional health policy strategies. This study examines the association between women's empowerment and fertility decision-making in low and middle resource countries (LMRCs).

Design

This cross-sectional study uses the Demographic and Health Survey database.

Settings

53 LMRCs from six different regions for the period ranging from 2006 to 2018.

Participants

The data of women-only aged 35 years and above is used as a unit of analysis. The final sample consists of 91 070 married women.

Methods

We considered two outcome variables: women's perceived ideal number of children and their ability to achieve preferred fertility desire and the association with w

SUBMITTER: Haque R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8215231 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature