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- Title
Decision-Making Power of Married Women on Family Planning Use and Associated Factors in Dinsho Woreda, South East Ethiopia.
- Authors
Dadi, Dinku; Bogale, Daniel; Minda, Zenebe; Megersa, Sintayehu
- Abstract
Background: Women's decisions on family planning use have multiple benefits to the family and community at large. In developing countries like Ethiopia, the choice of women to use a contraceptive is challenged by social and environmental factors that mitigate their ability to decide independently and freely. This study therefore determined the level of women's decision-making power on family planning use and associated factors among married women in the study area. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Dinsho woreda from March to April 2017. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 373 married women. A structured and pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data by trained data collectors under continuous supervision. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with women's decision-making power on family planning use. Crude and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence interval were used and p-value of < 0.05 was considered as statistical significance. Results: A total of 344 (92.2%) women participated in the study. Of the total respondents, 179 (52%) of women had good decision-making power on modern family planning use. Multivariable analysis showed that younger age (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] =8.59 [1.61, 45.80]), good participation in household decision-making (AOR =2.65 [1.46, 4.79]), positive attitude towards family planning (AOR =2.34 [1.31, 4.19]), and better knowledge towards family planning (AOR =3.04 [1.49, 6.22]) were factors statistically significantly associated with married women's decision-making power on family planning use. Conclusion and Recommendation: Women's knowledge and attitudes toward family planning and their participation in household decision-making increased the likelihood of women's decision-making power for modern family planning use. There is a need to adopt a more comprehensive approach to reach men and women on modern family planning, to help women to decide freely without any restriction.
- Subjects
ETHIOPIA; FAMILY planning; MARRIED women; WOMEN'S attitudes; FAMILIES; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Open Access Journal of Contraception, 2020, Vol 11, p15
- ISSN
1179-1527
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/OAJC.S225331