Jay G. Silverman|Sabrina C. Boyce|Nabamallika Dehingia|Namratha Rao|Dharmoo Chandurkar|Priya Nanda|Katherine Hay|Yamini Atmavilas|Niranjan Saggurti|Anita Raj
Reproductive coercion in Uttar Pradesh, India: Prevalence and associations with partner violence and reproductive health
Center for Health and Gender Equity|University of California, San Diego|Center for Health and Gender Equity|University of California, San Diego|Sambodhi Research and Communications|Center for Health and Gender Equity|University of California, San Diego|Sambodhi Research and Communications|Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|Center for Health and Gender Equity|University of California, San Diego
increasing modern contraceptive use gender equity major foci recently ratified sustainable development goals 2030 government india coercion sabotage husbands inlaws inhibit womens access initiation continuation successful use modern contraception methods ie reproductive coercion may contribute low usage rates unintended pregnancy india however little known extent problem current study assesses prevalence reproductive coercion husband inlaw perpetrated among large populationbased sample data collected currently married women reproductive age 1549 years n 1770 across 49 districts uttar pradesh part evaluation broad effort improve public health system state dependent variables included modern contraceptive use past 12 months unintended pregnancy pregnancy termination independent variables included ever experiencing reproductive coercion rc current husband inlaws lifetime experience physical sexual intimate partner violence ipv current husband approximately 1 8 12 women reported ever experiencing rc current husbands inlaws 42 women reported rc husbands 48 reported rc inlaws 10 reported rc husbands inlaws among women experiencing rc onethird 36 reported recent pregnancy unintended women 4 5 times greater odds unintended pregnancy 5 times decreased likelihood recent use modern contraceptives women experiencing rc accounting effects demographics physical sexual ipv scalable sustainable interventions clinical community settings needed reduce rc potentially key factor effective strategies improving womens reproductive autonomy health india globally