Multi-level predictors of sexual autonomy among married women in Nigeria

Extant studies have established diverse individual-level and relational-level predictors of sexual autonomy among women in different countries. However, information remains scanty about the predictors beyond the individual and relational levels particularly at the community level. This study examine...

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Published in:BMC women's health 2022-04, Vol.22 (1), p.114-114, Article 114
Main Authors: Solanke, Bola Lukman, Adetutu, Olufemi Mayowa, Sunmola, Kazeem Adebayo, Opadere, Ayodele Aderemi, Adeyemi, Nurat Kehinde, Soladoye, Daniel Alabi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age groups
Autonomy
Child marriage
Civil rights
Community
Cross-Sectional Studies
Decision making
Demographic aspects
Domestic violence
Education
Empowerment
Family work relationship
Female
Females
Gender
Health aspects
Health education
Health planning
Health promotion
Households
Humans
Marriage
Mothers
Multilevel Analysis
Nigeria
Ownership
Pandemics
Patriarchy
Power
Pregnancy
Regions
Regression analysis
Religion
Reproductive health
Safe sex
Safe sexual practices
Sexual autonomy
Sexual behavior
Sexual health
Social aspects
Statistical analysis
Statistical significance
Wives
Women
Women's rights
Womens health
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Summary:Extant studies have established diverse individual-level and relational-level predictors of sexual autonomy among women in different countries. However, information remains scanty about the predictors beyond the individual and relational levels particularly at the community level. This study examined the multi-level predictors of sexual autonomy in Nigeria. This was done to shed more light on the progression toward attaining women-controlled safe sex in Nigeria. This study adopted a cross-sectional design that utilised the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) data. The study analysed responses from 8,558 women. The outcome variable was sexual autonomy, while the explanatory variables were individual-level (maternal age group, maternal education, nature of first marriage, parity, work status, religion, and media exposure), relational-level (spousal violence, type of marriage, spousal living arrangement, household wealth quintile, alcoholic consumption, family decision-making, and degree of marital control), and community-level characteristics (community residency type, geographic region, community literacy, female financial inclusion in community, female ownership of assets in community, and community rejection of wife-beating). Statistical analyses were performed using Stata version 14. The multilevel regression analysis was applied. Statistical significance was set at p 
ISSN:1472-6874
1472-6874
DOI:10.1186/s12905-022-01699-w