Empowering Women : The Effect of Women’s Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake - Evidence from Pakistan

A large body of research has attempted to explore the links between women's autonomy and their uptake of reproductive health services in the South Asia region, but the evidence so far is inconclusive. This study uses the Pakistan Social and Li...

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Main Authors: Hou, Xiaohui, Ma, Ning
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-33142021-04-23T14:02:08Z Empowering Women : The Effect of Women’s Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake - Evidence from Pakistan Hou, Xiaohui Ma, Ning 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 DEVELOPMENT POLICY 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 NEEDS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROFESSIONAL HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES 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 DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY LEVEL POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR FAMILIES POPULATION COUNCIL POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRENATAL CARE UTILIZATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES 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 SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE UTILIZATION SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL STATUS SPECIALISTS TETANUS URBAN AREAS URBAN SQUATTER VACCINATION WOMEN'S HEALTH WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG AGE YOUNG WOMEN A large body of research has attempted to explore the links between women's autonomy and their uptake of reproductive health services in the South Asia region, but the evidence so far is inconclusive. This study uses the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey to examine the influence of household decision making on women's uptake of reproductive health services. The analysis finds that women's decision-making power has a significant positive correlation with reproductive health services uptake and that influential males' decision-making power has the opposite effect, after controlling for socio-economic indicators and supply-side conditions. The findings suggest that empowering women and increasing their ability to make decisions may increase their uptake of reproductive health services. They also suggest that policies directed toward improving women's utilization of maternity services must target men as well as women in Pakistan. 2012-03-19T18:00:07Z 2012-03-19T18:00:07Z 2011-01-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110124100915 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3314 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5543 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Pakistan
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topic 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
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
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 NEEDS
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
HEALTH RISKS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
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 DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY LEVEL
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR FAMILIES
POPULATION COUNCIL
POSTNATAL CARE
PREGNANCY
PREGNANT WOMAN
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRENATAL CARE UTILIZATION
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES
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
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE UTILIZATION
SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SECTOR
SOCIAL STATUS
SPECIALISTS
TETANUS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN SQUATTER
VACCINATION
WOMEN'S HEALTH
WORKERS
WORKING CONDITIONS
YOUNG AGE
YOUNG WOMEN
spellingShingle 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
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
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 NEEDS
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
HEALTH RISKS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
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 DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY LEVEL
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR FAMILIES
POPULATION COUNCIL
POSTNATAL CARE
PREGNANCY
PREGNANT WOMAN
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRENATAL CARE UTILIZATION
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES
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
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE UTILIZATION
SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SECTOR
SOCIAL STATUS
SPECIALISTS
TETANUS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN SQUATTER
VACCINATION
WOMEN'S HEALTH
WORKERS
WORKING CONDITIONS
YOUNG AGE
YOUNG WOMEN
Hou, Xiaohui
Ma, Ning
Empowering Women : The Effect of Women’s Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake - Evidence from Pakistan
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South Asia
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relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5543
description A large body of research has attempted to explore the links between women's autonomy and their uptake of reproductive health services in the South Asia region, but the evidence so far is inconclusive. This study uses the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey to examine the influence of household decision making on women's uptake of reproductive health services. The analysis finds that women's decision-making power has a significant positive correlation with reproductive health services uptake and that influential males' decision-making power has the opposite effect, after controlling for socio-economic indicators and supply-side conditions. The findings suggest that empowering women and increasing their ability to make decisions may increase their uptake of reproductive health services. They also suggest that policies directed toward improving women's utilization of maternity services must target men as well as women in Pakistan.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Hou, Xiaohui
Ma, Ning
author_facet Hou, Xiaohui
Ma, Ning
author_sort Hou, Xiaohui
title Empowering Women : The Effect of Women’s Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake - Evidence from Pakistan
title_short Empowering Women : The Effect of Women’s Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake - Evidence from Pakistan
title_full Empowering Women : The Effect of Women’s Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake - Evidence from Pakistan
title_fullStr Empowering Women : The Effect of Women’s Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake - Evidence from Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Empowering Women : The Effect of Women’s Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake - Evidence from Pakistan
title_sort empowering women : the effect of women’s decision-making power on reproductive health services uptake - evidence from pakistan
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110124100915
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