Empowering Women through BISP

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2011-05
Subjects:	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,
Online Access:	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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27367
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