Women's Autonomy and Control to Exercise Reproductive Rights
A Sociological Study from Rural Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3469667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amit K Biswas (0000-0002-7756-773X, Khulna University, corresponding author), Taufiq-E-Ahmed Shovo (0000-0003-0793-3826, Khulna University), Moutithi Aich (North South University), Sykat Mondal (Khulna University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244017709862 |
| OpenAlex | W2624054759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 39 |
Women's autonomy is a potentially noteworthy but less studied indicator of women's control to exercise reproductive rights in a patriarchal country such as Bangladesh. The study is a sociological investigation that examined whether women's autonomy matters or not in determining their control to exercise reproductive rights in rural Bangladesh. A survey was conducted on 200 randomly selected married women from Hogladanga village in the Bagerhat district of Bangladesh. We administered an interview questionnaire containing 27 Likert-type questions under three mutually interlinked domains for autonomy measures and 12 Likert-type questions under two mutually interlinked domains for reproductive rights status measures. The findings revealed that women's autonomy status is strongly associated with their control to exercise reproductive rights status (β = .862, p < .001) along with both of the proxy variables, that is, sexual behavior index (β = .915, p < .001) and reproductive behavior index (β = .62, p < .001). The study findings suggest that women's autonomy must be considered an important sociocultural determinant of higher control to exercise reproductive rights for young mothers in Bangladesh
Autonomy · Developmental psychology · Likert scale · Political science · Population · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |