Women's autonomy in household decision-making and safer sex negotiation in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of data from 27 Demographic and Health Surveys
| Autor: | Farrukh Ishaque Saah, Vivian Tackie, Joshua Okyere, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Mawulorm Akpeke, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Wonder Agbemavi, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Eugene Budu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject Safer sex negotiation Logistic regression Article 1117 Public Health and Health Services 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Chi-square test 030212 general & internal medicine Reproductive health media_common H1-99 Public health 030505 public health Descriptive statistics Sub-Saharan Africa business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Demographic and health survey Social sciences (General) Negotiation Family planning Women's autonomy in household decision-making Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 0305 other medical science business Psychology Autonomy Demography Married women |
| Zdroj: | SSM: Population Health, Vol 14, Iss, Pp 100773-(2021) SSM-Population Health |
| ISSN: | 2352-8273 |
| Popis: | Women's ability to negotiate the conditions and timing of sex is key to several reproductive health outcomes including family planning and prevention of sexually transmitted infections. We investigated the association between women's autonomy in household decision-making and safer sex negotiation (SSN) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This was a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) of 27 countries in SSA. Data were analyzed using Stata version 16.0 using descriptive statistics, chi square test, and logistic regression models. Statistical significance was set at p Highlights • Women's ability to negotiate the conditions and timing of sex with their partners is key to control several reproductive health outcomes. • Women's inability to negotiate for safer sex in many low- and middle-income countries puts them at higher risk of getting infected with STIs including HIV/AIDS. • In the present study, women with medium and high levels of autonomy in household decision-making were more likely to have greater safer sex negotiation. • Women who had primary, secondary or higher education were more likely to have safer sex negotiation. • Women's decision-making autonomy programs and interventions should be intensified to achieve Sustainable Development Goals 3.7. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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