Women's empowerment and use of contraception in India: Macro and micro perspectives emerging from NFHS-4 (2015-16)

Based on the four-corner stone of population and development programmes recognized by ICPD (1994) this paper envisages the relationship between the recent waves of women's empowerment anduse of contraceptive methods in India. Findings are based on two rounds of NFHS (3 & 4). Liberson's...

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Published in:Sexual & reproductive healthcare 2019-03, Vol.19, p.15-23
Main Authors: Singh, S K, Sharma, Bhawana, Vishwakarma, Deepanjali, Yadav, Gudakesh, Srivastava, Swati, Maharana, Barsharani
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Cell Phone Use - statistics & numerical data
Contraception - statistics & numerical data
Contraception - trends
Decision Making
Educational Status
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Family Characteristics
Family Relations
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
India
Middle Aged
Power (Psychology)
Young Adult
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Summary:Based on the four-corner stone of population and development programmes recognized by ICPD (1994) this paper envisages the relationship between the recent waves of women's empowerment anduse of contraceptive methods in India. Findings are based on two rounds of NFHS (3 & 4). Liberson's Diversity Index has been used to assess the inequality in women's empowerment. Multiple regression analysis is used to portray the relationship and logistic regression is used to access the adjusted effects of various dimensions of women's empowerment on use of contraception. Varying degrees of equity in women's empowerment across different states of India builds a combative relationship with uptake of contraceptive methods. Results portray a positive association between inequality in household decision making, engaged in paid work in last 12 months and having 10 years of schooling with use of any modern method. Women who participated in household decision making (OR = 1.17 p 
ISSN:1877-5756
1877-5764
DOI:10.1016/j.srhc.2018.11.003