ArticlePloS one2023
Women's empowerment and contraceptive use: Recent evidence from ASEAN countries.
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- Women's empowerment and contraceptive use in ever-married adult women: Analysis of a population-based survey in Peru.Contraception: X · 2024Article
- Women's empowerment and current contraceptive use in Pakistan: informed by theory of gender and power.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Validation of a family planning self-efficacy measure with married women in Bihar, India: Findings from the Bihar Integrated Family Planning Survey.Contraception: X · 2024Article
- A Systematic Review of Determinants Influencing Family Planning and Contraceptive Use.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
- The effect of contraceptive empowerment during pregnancy on postpartum family planning use in Ethiopia: evidence from a longitudinal panel study.Therapeutic advances in reproductive healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundA fundamental element of gender equity are women's rights to reproductive choice. Women's empowerment is often linked to enabling decisions around contraceptive use and reduced fertility worldwide, although limited evidence is currently available around contraceptive use and decision making in ASEAN countries.
objectiveTo examine the association between women's empowerment and contraceptive use in five selected ASEAN member states.
methodsData from the latest Demographic and Health Survey of Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, The Philippines, and Timor-Leste were used. The main outcome was contraceptive use among married women (15-49 years) from these five countries. We considered four indicators of empowerment: labor force participation; disagreement with reasons for wife beating; decision-making power over household issues; and knowledge level.
resultsLabor force participation was found to be significantly associated with contraceptive use in all nations. Disagreement with justification of wife beating was not significantly related to contraceptive use in any country. Decision-making power (higher) was only associated with contraceptive use in Cambodia, while higher knowledge levels were associated with contraceptive use in Cambodia, and Myanmar.
conclusionThis study suggests women's labor force participation is an important determinant of contraceptive use. Policies designed to open the labor market and empower women through education should be implemented to enable women's participation. Gender inequality may also be tackled by engaging women in decision-making processes at national, community and family levels.
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