Desalegn Anmut Bitew|Amare Belete Getahun|Getachew Muluye Gedef|Fantahun Andualem|Mihret Getnet
Determinants of household decision making autonomy among rural married women based on Ethiopian demography health survey: a multilevel analysis
University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of Gondar
decisions made household level great impact welfare individual local community well welfare nation womens independent decision reproductive health increases womens access health information utilization reproductive services great impact maternal child health outcomes however women developing lowincome countries often limited autonomy control household decisions therefore main purpose research project investigate potential determinants rural womens household decision making autonomya multi level analysis performed using fourth ethiopian demographic health survey edhs 2016 data set weighted sample 8565 married rural women included final analysis women considered autonomous made decisions alone jointly husband three household decision components dichotomized yes 1 0 multico linearity chisquare tests checked variables fulfill assumptions excluded analysis four models fitted variables pvalue 025 bivariable multilevel logistic regression included multivariable multilevel logistic regression adjusted odds ratio aor 95 confidence interval 95 ci computed variables pvalue less 005 multivariable multilevel logistic regression declared statistically significant predictorsa total 8565 weighted participants involved total respondents 6855 ci 675 695 women decision making autonomy wealth index poor aor 084 95 ci 072 097 middle aor 085 95 ci 073 098 literacy illiterate aor 075 95 ci 066 086 respondents working status working aor 068 95 ci 060 076 decides marriage parents aor 076 95 ci 067 087 proportion early marriage community high proportion early marriage aor 135 95 ci 110 172women decision making autonomy significantly determined women economic participation wealth working status womens literacy proportion early marriage community womens involvement decision marriage improving womens economic participation enhancing womens participation decide marriage enhance womens decision making autonomy