The Influence of Neighbors' Family Size Preference on Progression to High Parity Births in Rural Nepal

Jennings, Elyse A.; Barber, Jennifer S.

doi:10.1111/j.1728-4465.2013.00344.x

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“…This result can be attributed to the fact that women in India start using sterilization when they have fulfilled their goal of ideal number of sons. This conclusion is supported by many other studies [24,[34][35][36][37]. A positive impact of awareness through mass media can be noticed similar to many other studies [25,27,33].…”

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Factors explaining the dominion status of female sterilization in India over the past two decades (1992-2016): A multilevel study

Singh

2021

PLoS ONE

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Background Female sterilization is a permanent method of contraception practiced widely in India. Though, the important evidences of behavior of contraceptives is widespread in the literature, relatively less research has been conducted that explores particularly female sterilization method and how its behavior has remained dominant over the past two decades. The present study aims to examine how the level of women’s socio-demographic and fertility related characteristics intersect to shape the behavior for the dominance of female sterilization. Methods This study was based on pooled data from 1992–93, 1998–99, 2005–06 and 2015–16 India’s DHS (NFHS) surveys. The outcome variable of the study was different types of contraceptive methods used. Multinomial logistic model has been applied to examine the relationship between the dependent variable and the explanatory variables. The software STATA version14 has been used for the entire analysis. Result The result of this study clearly demonstrates the evidence of continuing sterilization dominance in the India’s family planning program. The choice of different types of contraceptive methods is influenced by the longstanding heterogeneity of population associated with religion and the caste system. Reliance over female sterilization was observed in almost all parts of the country with southern India being the leading zone. Women in the lowest wealth quintile, uneducated, higher parity, and less exposed to media were more likely to use sterilization as a method of birth control. Conclusion The study was successful in identifying the factors behind the excessive dependency on female sterilization and also highlights the weakness of family planning program to promote other useful modern methods over the past two decades.

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Factors explaining the dominion status of female sterilization in India over the past two decades (1992-2016): A multilevel study

Singh

2021

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“…Women living in a community with a higher percentage of women opposing domestic violence were more likely to use maternal healthcare services even after we controlled for their own attitudes toward domestic violence and other individual-level and community-level characteristics. Because the social and family networks in Ethiopia are generally tight knit, the effect of community norms on individual behavior may tend to exceed that of individual attitudes or preferences [ 38 ]. Similar results have been reported in other sub-Saharan African countries [ 19 , 39 ].…”

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Women’s autonomy and maternal healthcare service utilization in Ethiopia

Tiruneh

Chuang

2017

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundMost previous studies on healthcare service utilization in low-income countries have not used a multilevel study design to address the importance of community-level women’s autonomy. We assessed whether women’s autonomy, measured at both individual and community levels, is associated with maternal healthcare service utilization in Ethiopia.MethodsWe analyzed data from the 2005 and 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys (N = 6058 and 7043, respectively) for measuring women’s decision-making power and permissive gender norms associated with wife beating. We used Spearman’s correlation and the chi-squared test for bivariate analyses and constructed generalized estimating equation logistic regression models to analyze the associations between women’s autonomy indicators and maternal healthcare service utilization with control for other socioeconomic characteristics.ResultsOur multivariate analysis showed that women living in communities with a higher percentage of opposing attitudes toward wife beating were more likely to use all three types of maternal healthcare services in 2011 (adjusted odds ratios = 1.21, 1.23, and 1.18 for four or more antenatal care visits, health facility delivery, and postnatal care visits, respectively). In 2005, the adjusted odds ratios were 1.16 and 1.17 for four or more antenatal care visits and health facility delivery, respectively. In 2011, the percentage of women in the community with high decision-making power was positively associated with the likelihood of four or more antenatal care visits (adjusted odds ratio = 1.14). The association of individual-level autonomy on maternal healthcare service utilization was less profound after we controlled for other individual-level and community-level characteristics.ConclusionsOur study shows that women’s autonomy was positively associated with maternal healthcare service utilization in Ethiopia. We suggest addressing woman empowerment in national policies and programs would be the optimal solution.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12913-017-2670-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…For instance, whether the adolescent's family structure is a one-parent or two-parent family may influence their life aspirations and salient psychological needs in different ways (Deci & Ryan, 2000;Ryan & Deci, 2004;Davids & Roman, 2013). Related studies on the influences of family structure have been conducted mostly in developed Western settings; the generalisability of these to developing country settings is unclear (Jennings & Barber, 2013;Meinck, Cluver, Boyes & Mhlongo, 2015;Stuart, Ward & Robinson, 2016). This study investigated family structure and functioning influences on the psychological needs, as well as the life goals and aspirations, of adolescents in South Africa, a developing country with a social fabric broadly similar to many countries in southern Africa.…”

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Family structure and functioning: Influences on adolescents psychological needs, goals and aspirations in a South African setting

Davids

Ryan

Yassin

et al. 2016

Journal of Psychology in Africa

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This study aimed to determine the effects of family structure and functioning on basic psychological need fulfilment, life goals and aspirations of adolescents in a South African setting. Participants were 457 adolescent learners (Mage = 16.31, SD = 1.45, females = 54%, coloured = 56%) selected from four public schools in the Western Cape, South Africa. The adolescents completed the Family Assessment Device, Aspirations Index and Psychological Needs Scales. Results following multiple regression analysis suggested that a two-parent family structure predicted higher satisfaction of basic psychological needs and higher pursuit of extrinsic goals among adolescents than did a one -parent family structure. Family functioning determined pursuit of intrinsic goals by adolescents from one-parent families.

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The Influence of Neighbors' Family Size Preference on Progression to High Parity Births in Rural Nepal

Cited by 12 publications

References 63 publications

Factors explaining the dominion status of female sterilization in India over the past two decades (1992-2016): A multilevel study

Factors explaining the dominion status of female sterilization in India over the past two decades (1992-2016): A multilevel study

Women’s autonomy and maternal healthcare service utilization in Ethiopia

Family structure and functioning: Influences on adolescents psychological needs, goals and aspirations in a South African setting

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