Sudhinaraset May, Melo Jason, Diamond-Smith Nadia
University of California, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
SSM Popul Health. 2016 May 10;2:341-349. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.04.007. eCollection 2016 Dec.
The literature on how social ties influence sexual and reproductive health is well established; however, one significant limitation of this research is the influence of social ties to hometowns among migrant women. Drawing from cross-border social ties literature, the objective of this study is to assess how cross-border social ties influence use of family planning and institutional deliveries among internal migrant women in India. Cross-sectional data come from 711 migrant women living in slums in Uttar Pradesh, India. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess odds of modern use of family planning and odds of institutional deliveries with cross-border tie indicators. Results suggest that higher cross-border ties were associated with 2.35 times higher odds of family planning use (<0.1) and 2.73 times higher odds of institutional delivery (<0.05). This study suggests that social ties to hometowns may serve as a protective factor, possibly through increased social support, to migrants in regards to reproductive decision-making and use of reproductive health services. Future studies should explore potential mechanisms for these findings.
关于社会关系如何影响性健康和生殖健康的文献已有充分记载；然而，这项研究的一个重大局限是社会关系对移民妇女家乡的影响。借鉴跨境社会关系文献，本研究的目的是评估跨境社会关系如何影响印度国内移民妇女的计划生育使用情况和机构分娩情况。横断面数据来自印度北方邦贫民窟的711名移民妇女。多变量逻辑回归用于评估使用跨境关系指标进行现代计划生育的几率和机构分娩的几率。结果表明，较高的跨境关系与计划生育使用几率高2.35倍（<0.1）和机构分娩几率高2.73倍（<0.05）相关。本研究表明，与家乡的社会关系可能作为一种保护因素，可能通过增加社会支持，对移民在生殖决策和生殖健康服务使用方面起到作用。未来的研究应探索这些发现的潜在机制。
