Polygamy and the use of contraceptives

Audu, BM; Yahya, S.J.; Geidam, Ado Danazumi; Abdussalam, Hadiza; Takai, Idrisa; Kyari, O

doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.09.036

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“…Women in polygamous marriages are found to use modern methods less than those in monogamous marriages. 11 According to all Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs) of 22 Sub-Saharan African countries conducted in 2000, the percentage of married women aged 15-49 years with husbands with more than one wife varies from 11.4% in Zimbabwe to 26.5% in Côte d'Ivoire and 53% in Guinea.…”

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A decade of contraceptive use in Cameroon: influences of structural changes

Pillai¹,

Teboh²

2010

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The purpose of this article is to examine the impact of social changes over the last two decades in Cameroon. The data for this study are from the 2004 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) (Enquête Démographique et de Santé au Cameroun [EDSC-III]), the third DHS carried out in Cameroon. The first one was in 1991. The 1991Cameroon DHS is a sample of 3871 women aged between 15 and 49 years. The EDSC-III was carried out from February to August 2004 and covered 10,462 households, 10,656 women aged 15-49 years, and 5280 men aged 15-59 years. Logistic regression was used to estimate the effects of proposed determinants of modern contraceptive use among a sample of respondents in the 1991 and 2004 DHSs. We found that respondents from both surveys with an education compared with women with no education were more likely to use modern contraception. The two decision-making-related variables, "discuss" and "husband OK with family planning", had significant positive effects on modern contraceptive use in both surveys. A few variables such as age at marriage had a significant effect on modern contraceptive use among respondents in one of the two samples. The differences in the effects of the determinants in the proposed models on contraceptive use in the two samples were decomposed into processual, compositional, and interaction components as suggested by the cohort effect model made famous by the demographer Norman Ryder. The compositional changes during 1991 and 2004 contributed more toward an improvement in modern contraceptive use than the rest of the components.

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Section: Modeling Contraceptive Usementioning

confidence: 99%

A decade of contraceptive use in Cameroon: influences of structural changes

Pillai¹,

Teboh²

2010

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“…There is a body of literature that suggests some socio economic and demographic factors, such as residence [ 14 ], education [ 15 , 16 ], age [ 16 ], economic status [ 17 ], employment status [ 18 ], religion [ 19 , 20 ], parity [ 21 ], access to media [ 15 , 19 ], autonomy [ 22 , 23 ], desire for children [ 23 ], marital status [ 14 ] and partner communication [ 19 ], have been associated with the use ofMC. In addition, other studies revealed that women’s power and autonomy is favorably related to better reproductive health and use of contraceptives [ 24 – 27 ].…”

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Factors affecting modern contraceptive use among fecund young women in Bangladesh: does couples’ joint participation in household decision making matter?

Islam

2018

Reprod Health

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ObjectivesThe purpose of the study was to explore the association between couples’ joint participation in household decision making and modern contraceptive use (MCU) among fecund (physically able to bear child) young women in Bangladesh.MethodsThis study utilized a cross-sectional data (n = 3507) extracted from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2011. Differences in the utilization of modern contraceptives (MC) by socio-demographic characteristics were assessed by χ2 analyses. Binary logistic regression was used to identify the associated factors of usingMC, and the odds ratio with a 95% CI was computed to assess the strength of association. Multicollinearity was also checked by examining the standard errors in the fitted model.ResultsDesire for a child after two years go by and no child at all contributed the most to increasing MCU followed by receiving family planning (FP) methods from FP workers. Couples’ joint decision making power on women’s health care, child’s health care and visiting family members or relatives emerged as the third most influential factor that might be associated with MCU.ConclusionsSince spousal joint decision making increases the likelihood of using MC, government should include strategic interventions in FP programs to elevate women’s status through creating educational and employment opportunities and encouraging more visible involvement in household decision making.

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“…Against that background, contraceptive use is often believed to be contrary to the teachings of Islam Duze and Mohammed 2006). Moreover, polygyny, which is permitted by Islam, encourages higher fertility rates and lower contraceptive use (Baschieri et al 2013;Audu et al 2008). Furthermore, the value system of purdah, which restricts women's autonomy and movement out of the family home, impedes their access to family planning and other reproductive health services (Konje and Ladipo 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%