Ndèye Mareme Sougou|Oumar Bassoum|Adama Faye|Mamadou Makhtar Mbacké Lèye
Women’s autonomy in health decision-making and its effect on access to family planning services in Senegal in 2017: a propensity score analysis
Cheikh Anta Diop University|Cheikh Anta Diop University|Cheikh Anta Diop University|Cheikh Anta Diop University
effect womens autonomy decisionmaking fertility control highlighted research objective study analyze effect womens autonomy decisionmaking regarding health access family planning senegal 2017the analyses study carried using data senegal demographic health survey 2017 sample consisted 8865 women aged 1549 propensity scorematching method applied autonomy health decisionmaking considered treatment variable matching performed using confounding variables outcome variables current use modern contraceptive methods existence unmet needs common support condition met analysis conducted using stata15 softwarethis study showed 626 women decisionmaking autonomy relation health 8033 women husbandspartners made healthrelated decisions decisionmaking autonomy increased significantly age woman p 005 addition 1524 women using modern method contraception estimated 262 women unmet needs propensity score matching split women two groups based autonomy decisionmaking health matching longer significant difference women autonomous respect decisionmaking autonomous respect current use modern contraceptive method hand 1442 reduction p 005 unmet needs family planning group women autonomous respect health decisionmakingautonomy health decisionmaking would reduce unmet needs among senegalese women results show importance accounting gender health interventions accessibility family planning services