Meeting women's demand for contraceptives in Ghana: Does autonomy matter?

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dc.contributor.authorAtiglo, D.Y.
dc.contributor.authorCodjoe, S.N.A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T09:23:06Z
dc.date.available2019-05-29T09:23:06Z
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.description.abstractThis study addressed a basic conceptual gap in research on the relationship between women's autonomy and contraceptive behavior and included intention to use while measuring the unmet demand for family planning. The study used data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. The weighted sample included 2,017 sexually active, non-pregnant, fecund women in unions, aged 15-49 years, who wanted to delay conception for at least 2 years. The relation of household decision-making autonomy to current contraceptive use and intention was assessed, adjusting for women's socio-demographic, partner, and couple characteristics. About half of the women studied had a met demand for contraception, and over a third had no intention to use a contraceptive method in the future. In adjusted multinomial logistic regression models, household decision-making autonomy was not significantly associated with met contraceptive demand for contraceptives, but was associated with their intentions to use contraception (p = .05). Formal education, age, wealth, and region of residence were significantly associated with having a met demand. In Ghana, women's household decision-making autonomy appears to have modest relation to contraceptive uptake. Programs to improve meeting contraceptive demand should consider contextual factors and place differences in contraceptive uptake.en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.1080/03630242.2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/30364
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWomen and Healthen_US
dc.subjectContraceptivesen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectPregnancy intentionsen_US
dc.subjectUnmet demanden_US
dc.subjectWomen’s autonomyen_US
dc.titleMeeting women's demand for contraceptives in Ghana: Does autonomy matter?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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