Fentanesh Nibret Tiruneh|Kun Yang Chuang|Ying-Chun Chuang
Women’s autonomy and maternal healthcare service utilization in Ethiopia
Taipei Medical University|Taipei Medical University|Taipei Medical University
previous studies healthcare service utilization lowincome countries used multilevel study design address importance communitylevel womens autonomy assessed whether womens autonomy measured individual community levels associated maternal healthcare service utilization ethiopia analyzed data 2005 2011 ethiopia demographic health surveys n 6058 7043 respectively measuring womens decisionmaking power permissive gender norms associated wife beating used spearmans correlation chisquared test bivariate analyses constructed generalized estimating equation logistic regression models analyze associations womens autonomy indicators maternal healthcare service utilization control socioeconomic characteristics multivariate analysis showed women living communities higher percentage opposing attitudes toward wife beating likely use three types maternal healthcare services 2011 adjusted odds ratios 121 123 118 four antenatal care visits health facility delivery postnatal care visits respectively 2005 adjusted odds ratios 116 117 four antenatal care visits health facility delivery respectively 2011 percentage women community high decisionmaking power positively associated likelihood four antenatal care visits adjusted odds ratio 114 association individuallevel autonomy maternal healthcare service utilization less profound controlled individuallevel communitylevel characteristics study shows womens autonomy positively associated maternal healthcare service utilization ethiopia suggest addressing woman empowerment national policies programs would optimal solution