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

Hou, Xiaohui; Ma, Ning

dc.creator	Hou, Xiaohui
dc.creator	Ma, Ning
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:00:07Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:00:07Z
dc.date	2011-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:54:16Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:54:16Z
dc.identifier	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
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3314
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244207
dc.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.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5543
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABORTION
dc.subject	APPROACH TO FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject	BIRTH ATTENDANT
dc.subject	BIRTH ATTENDANTS
dc.subject	BIRTH CONTROL
dc.subject	BIRTHS
dc.subject	CARE PROVISION
dc.subject	CHILD LABOR
dc.subject	COMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	CONTRACEPTIVE USE
dc.subject	CULTURAL CUSTOMS
dc.subject	CULTURAL RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DELIVERY CARE
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DIVORCE
dc.subject	DOCTOR
dc.subject	DOCTORS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject	EDUCATION FOR GIRLS
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	EMPOWERING WOMEN
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject	FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject	FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
dc.subject	FEMALE
dc.subject	FEMALE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	FIRST CHILD
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GYNAECOLOGY
dc.subject	GYNECOLOGY
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE PROVISION
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION
dc.subject	HEALTH EDUCATION
dc.subject	HEALTH NEEDS
dc.subject	HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject	HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
dc.subject	HEALTH RISKS
dc.subject	HEALTH SECTOR
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subject	HOSPITAL
dc.subject	HOSPITALS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject	HUSBANDS
dc.subject	IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INDEXES
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INHERITANCE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY
dc.subject	INTERVENTION
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	MALES
dc.subject	MATERNAL CARE
dc.subject	MATERNAL HEALTH
dc.subject	MATERNAL HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	MATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subject	MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES
dc.subject	MATERNITY SERVICES
dc.subject	MEDICAL SERVICES
dc.subject	MEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subject	MEDICINE
dc.subject	MIDWIFE
dc.subject	MIDWIVES
dc.subject	MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	MINISTRY OF HEALTH
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MOTHER
dc.subject	NUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	NURSE
dc.subject	NURSES
dc.subject	NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
dc.subject	OBSTETRICS
dc.subject	PARAMEDICS
dc.subject	PATIENTS
dc.subject	PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	PHYSICIANS
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	POLICY LEVEL
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POOR FAMILIES
dc.subject	POPULATION COUNCIL
dc.subject	POSTNATAL CARE
dc.subject	PREGNANCY
dc.subject	PREGNANT WOMAN
dc.subject	PREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subject	PRENATAL CARE
dc.subject	PRENATAL CARE UTILIZATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	PROFESSIONAL CARE
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PSYCHOLOGY
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC HOSPITALS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subject	RECREATION
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	SERVICE UTILIZATION
dc.subject	SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SOCIAL SCIENCE
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECTOR
dc.subject	SOCIAL STATUS
dc.subject	SPECIALISTS
dc.subject	TETANUS
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN SQUATTER
dc.subject	VACCINATION
dc.subject	WOMEN'S HEALTH
dc.subject	WORKERS
dc.subject	WORKING CONDITIONS
dc.subject	YOUNG AGE
dc.subject	YOUNG WOMEN
dc.title	Empowering Women : The Effect of Women’s Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake - Evidence from Pakistan
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.type	Publications & Research
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	Pakistan