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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Women's participation in welfare organization, primary health care

utilization, and contraceptive use in Bangladesh.

AUTHORS

Amin R

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1994. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population

Association of America, Miami, Florida, May 5-7, 1994. 20 p.

ABSTRACT

Data from national household surveys and from the 1985 and 1991 Bangladesh Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys

(CPSs) were used to determine the impact of the participation of women in development programs centered on

fertility regulation and use of the primary health care system, especially immunization coverage and oral rehydration

therapy (ORT). The CPSs included questions on women's membership status in welfare organizations as well as

their primary health care utilization. This allowed tabulation of data on the socioeconomic status of currently married

women by membership in women's welfare organizations and on measures of family planning (knowledge, attitude,

and practice) and primary health care for each year. Crosstabulation was performed for indicators of women's

position (mother's education, father's education, urban or rural residence) and empowerment (travel outside of village,

shopping, visits to the health center). Univariate and bivariate analyses revealed that membership in women's

welfare organizations had a positive effect on contraceptive use and primary health care use and that both

contraceptive use and immunization coverage increased over the years. Logistic regression models were used to

assess the net effect of membership on immunization coverage and contraceptive use and to control for bias. These

models revealed that membership in a welfare organization had a positive effect on immunization coverage and on

contraceptive use. This positive effect was also achieved by urban residence, higher socioeconomic status, and

empowerment. (The increased contraceptive use and immunization coverage may be due to massive national-level

program efforts.) The positive relationship of membership in welfare groups was more pronounced with contraceptive

use than with immunization coverage (perhaps because of an inadequate community-based delivery of services) or

ORT use. ORT stalled at a much lower level of prevalence than contraceptive use or immunization coverage,

suggesting that more behavioral changes must be overcome for this program to be successful. Further increases in

women's status may effect these changes. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4508-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Women's participation in welfare organization, primary

health care utilization, and contraceptive use in Bangladesh.", is(are) Amin R. The source of this article is

"[Unpublished] 1994. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Miami, Florida, May

5-7, 1994. 20 p.". This article was published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 4508-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9508

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