Women’s empowerment and short- and long-acting contraceptive method use in Egypt

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15098459
AutoresGoleen Samari (0000-0002-9506-3586, Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume20
Fascículo4
Páginas458-473
Data de publicação2018-04-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2017.1356938
PMID28786755
OpenAlexW2742259880
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas40

Egypt is ranked one of the most gender unequal countries, and fertility is at a two-decade high of 3.5 births per woman. Women's empowerment is a strategy used to promote contraceptive use and lower fertility, yet evidence from the Middle East is limited. This study uses 2005, 2008 and 2014 Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey data to examine recent patterns of contraceptive method choice and how women's empowerment is associated with contraceptive method type: none, short-acting or long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods. Using a nationally representative sample of 47,545 married women in their childbearing years, multinomial logistic regression models examine women's agency, specifically household decision-making and attitudes towards intimate partner violence and contraceptive method type. In 2014, LARC use significantly declined and short-acting method use was higher than in 2008. Women who made household decisions and were less accepting of intimate partner violence were more likely to use LARC (vs. no method). Women who made more joint decisions with spouses were more likely to use LARC (vs. no method) compared to those making individual decisions. Findings have implications for family planning programmes, and efforts involving men to increase household gender equality and lower the acceptance of intimate partner violence may promote LARC use in Egypt

Agency (philosophy · Domestic violence · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Environmental health · Family planning · Fertility · Multinomial logistic regression · Poison control · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception