Patrikar S R, Basannar D R, Seema Sharma Maj
Lecturer in Statistics and Demography, Department of Community Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040, India.
Scientist 'E', Department of Community Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040, India.
Med J Armed Forces India. 2014 Jul;70(3):253-6. doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2013.12.014. Epub 2014 Apr 3.
Use of contraception is influenced by many processes most by the women's empowerment. Women's decision making power and their autonomy within the household is the most important factor affecting contraceptive use. This paper aims to analyze the relationship between these two indicators of women's empowerment and the use of contraception.
This cross sectional study was conducted by personally interviewing 385 currently married women selected by systematic sampling on a pretested and validated questionnaire. Two indices, women's decision-making power index and women's autonomy index, were constructed and association with contraception use analyzed.
RESULTS & CONCLUSION: The study gives the evidence that decision making power is low in the respondents with 48.2% (95% CI 43.34, 53.31) of them having low level of power, while 27.6% (95% CI 23.24, 32.16) have medium level and 3.6% (95% CI 2.08, 5.88) having high level of power. 22.4% (95% CI 18.39, 26.70) of women do not have any autonomy as against 43.9% (95% CI 38.99, 48.89) with low level, 25% (95% CI 20.80, 29.44) with medium autonomy and 8.7% (95% CI 6.29, 11.98) scoring above 7 (high level of autonomy). In the study population it was found that 273 (70.7%, 95% CI 66.2, 75.28) of the respondents were using contraceptives. Women's autonomy, years of marriage and number of children were significant variables.
避孕措施的使用受到多种因素的影响，其中女性赋权的影响最为显著。女性的决策权及其在家庭中的自主权是影响避孕措施使用的最重要因素。本文旨在分析这两个女性赋权指标与避孕措施使用之间的关系。
本横断面研究通过对385名已婚女性进行个人访谈来开展，这些女性通过系统抽样选取，并使用经过预测试和验证的问卷。构建了两个指数，即女性决策权指数和女性自主权指数，并分析其与避孕措施使用的关联。
研究表明，受访者的决策权较低，其中48.2%（95%置信区间43.34, 53.31）的人权力水平较低，27.6%（95%置信区间23.24, 32.16）的人权力水平中等，3.6%（95%置信区间2.08, 5.88）的人权力水平较高。22.4%（95%置信区间18.39, 26.70）的女性没有任何自主权，相比之下，43.9%（95%置信区间38.99, 48.89）的女性自主权较低，25%（95%置信区间20.80, 29.44）的女性自主权中等，8.7%（95%置信区间6.29, 11.98）的女性得分高于7（自主权较高）。在研究人群中，发现273名（70.7%，95%置信区间66.2, 75.28）受访者正在使用避孕措施。女性自主权、结婚年限和子女数量是显著变量。
