Empowering Women through BISP : The Effect of Women's Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake in Pakistan
This note examines the influence of household decision making on women's uptake of reproductive health services, using data from the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM). In households where women have greater decisio...
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ABORTION APPROACH TO FAMILY PLANNING BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS BIRTH CONTROL BIRTHS CARE PROVISION CHILD LABOR COMPLICATIONS CONTRACEPTIVE USE CULTURAL CUSTOMS CULTURAL RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN DECISION MAKING DELIVERY CARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIVORCE DOCTOR DOCTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERING WOMEN EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FEMALE FEMALE PROVIDERS FERTILITY FIRST CHILD GENDER GYNAECOLOGY GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROFESSIONAL HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INDEXES INFANT INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY INTERVENTION LAWS LIVING STANDARDS MALES MATERNAL CARE MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH CARE MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MATERNITY SERVICES MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINE MIDWIFE MIDWIVES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MOTHER NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSE NURSES NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS OBSTETRICS PARAMEDICS PATIENTS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICIANS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY LEVEL POOR FAMILIES POPULATION COUNCIL POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRENATAL CARE UTILIZATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL CARE PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SERVICE RECREATION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES RURAL AREAS SAFETY NET SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE UTILIZATION SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL STATUS SPECIALIST SPECIALISTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS URBAN AREAS URBAN SQUATTER VACCINATION WOMEN'S HEALTH WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG AGE YOUNG WOMEN |
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ABORTION APPROACH TO FAMILY PLANNING BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS BIRTH CONTROL BIRTHS CARE PROVISION CHILD LABOR COMPLICATIONS CONTRACEPTIVE USE CULTURAL CUSTOMS CULTURAL RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN DECISION MAKING DELIVERY CARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIVORCE DOCTOR DOCTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERING WOMEN EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FEMALE FEMALE PROVIDERS FERTILITY FIRST CHILD GENDER GYNAECOLOGY GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROFESSIONAL HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INDEXES INFANT INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY INTERVENTION LAWS LIVING STANDARDS MALES MATERNAL CARE MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH CARE MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MATERNITY SERVICES MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINE MIDWIFE MIDWIVES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MOTHER NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSE NURSES NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS OBSTETRICS PARAMEDICS PATIENTS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICIANS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY LEVEL POOR FAMILIES POPULATION COUNCIL POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRENATAL CARE UTILIZATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL CARE PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SERVICE RECREATION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES RURAL AREAS SAFETY NET SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE UTILIZATION SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL STATUS SPECIALIST SPECIALISTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS URBAN AREAS URBAN SQUATTER VACCINATION WOMEN'S HEALTH WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG AGE YOUNG WOMEN World Bank Empowering Women through BISP : The Effect of Women's Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake in Pakistan |
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This note examines the influence of
household decision making on women's uptake of
reproductive health services, using data from the Pakistan
Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM). In
households where women have greater decision?making power,
the note finds a significant and positive association with
greater use of reproductive health services. In households
where the influential decision maker is a male, the opposite
effect prevails. These findings suggest that empowering
women and increasing their ability to make decisions may
increase their use of reproductive health services. The
findings also suggest that policies directed toward
improving women's use of maternity services must target
influential male household members, whose understanding of
the importance of maternity services is crucial to increase
the effectiveness of health interventions. Improving
financial and physical access to maternal health services is
also critical to increasing their use and achieving the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to maternal
health. This paper contributes to the literature by applying
several constructed indices composed of eight women's
decision?making indicators to assess the relationship
between women's decision making and their reproductive
health services uptake. This paper also considers the
influence of male household members (household heads or
husbands) on decision making and women's uptake of
reproductive health services. |
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Empowering Women through BISP : The Effect of Women's Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake in Pakistan |
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Empowering Women through BISP : The Effect of Women's Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake in Pakistan |
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Empowering Women through BISP : The Effect of Women's Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake in Pakistan |
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Empowering Women through BISP : The Effect of Women's Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake in Pakistan |
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Empowering Women through BISP : The Effect of Women's Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake in Pakistan |
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empowering women through bisp : the effect of women's decision-making power on reproductive health services uptake in pakistan |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/645611468098990648/Empowering-women-through-BISP-the-effect-of-womens-decision-making-power-on-reproductive-health-services-uptake-in-Pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27367 |
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okr-10986-273672021-04-23T14:04:41Z Empowering Women through BISP : The Effect of Women's Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake in Pakistan World Bank ABORTION APPROACH TO FAMILY PLANNING BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS BIRTH CONTROL BIRTHS CARE PROVISION CHILD LABOR COMPLICATIONS CONTRACEPTIVE USE CULTURAL CUSTOMS CULTURAL RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN DECISION MAKING DELIVERY CARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIVORCE DOCTOR DOCTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERING WOMEN EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FEMALE FEMALE PROVIDERS FERTILITY FIRST CHILD GENDER GYNAECOLOGY GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROFESSIONAL HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INDEXES INFANT INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY INTERVENTION LAWS LIVING STANDARDS MALES MATERNAL CARE MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH CARE MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MATERNITY SERVICES MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINE MIDWIFE MIDWIVES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MOTHER NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSE NURSES NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS OBSTETRICS PARAMEDICS PATIENTS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICIANS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY LEVEL POOR FAMILIES POPULATION COUNCIL POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRENATAL CARE UTILIZATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL CARE PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SERVICE RECREATION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES RURAL AREAS SAFETY NET SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE UTILIZATION SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL STATUS SPECIALIST SPECIALISTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS URBAN AREAS URBAN SQUATTER VACCINATION WOMEN'S HEALTH WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG AGE YOUNG WOMEN This note examines the influence of household decision making on women's uptake of reproductive health services, using data from the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM). In households where women have greater decision?making power, the note finds a significant and positive association with greater use of reproductive health services. In households where the influential decision maker is a male, the opposite effect prevails. These findings suggest that empowering women and increasing their ability to make decisions may increase their use of reproductive health services. The findings also suggest that policies directed toward improving women's use of maternity services must target influential male household members, whose understanding of the importance of maternity services is crucial to increase the effectiveness of health interventions. Improving financial and physical access to maternal health services is also critical to increasing their use and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to maternal health. This paper contributes to the literature by applying several constructed indices composed of eight women's decision?making indicators to assess the relationship between women's decision making and their reproductive health services uptake. This paper also considers the influence of male household members (household heads or husbands) on decision making and women's uptake of reproductive health services. 2017-06-27T18:39:32Z 2017-06-27T18:39:32Z 2011-05 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/645611468098990648/Empowering-women-through-BISP-the-effect-of-womens-decision-making-power-on-reproductive-health-services-uptake-in-Pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27367 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work South Asia Pakistan |