Does gender inequality matter for access to and utilization of maternal healthcare services in Bangladesh?

ABSTRACT: There is a high prevalence of gender gap in Bangladesh which might affect women's likelihood to receive maternal healthcare services. In this backdrop, we aim to investigate how gender inequality measured by intrahousehold bargaining power (or autonomy) of women and their attitudes towards intimate partner violence (IPV) affects accessing and utilizing maternal health care services. We used Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) data of 2014 covering 5460 women who gave birth at least one child in the last three years preceding the survey. We performed logistic regression to estimate the effect of women's autonomy and their attitude towards IPV on access to and utilization of maternal healthcare services. Besides, we employed different channels to understand the heterogeneous effe

SUBMITTER: Ahmed F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8445442 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature