Rossouw Laura, Oyenubi Adeola
School of Economics and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024 Nov 13;4(11):e0003913. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003913. eCollection 2024.
Several academic papers have shown that the distribution of household decision-making power has a positive influence on women's contraceptive autonomy. This paper considers the role of the social or institutional environment (as captured by place of residence) in ameliorating or contributing to this relationship. Our study focuses on the context of Nigeria, a country with diverse gender norms and religious practices, often determined by geographic location. For example, Western common law is more prevalent in the southern Nigeria, while Sharia law is largely practiced in the North of the country. The analysis uses the Performance and Monitoring for Action (PMA) dataset (2019-2020), and analysis is done using logistic regressions. We find evidence that the relationship between household decision-making power and contraceptive autonomy is mediated by institutions (city). More specifically, we show that in Lagos-a state characterised by the increasing empowerment of women-women have more contraceptive autonomy as they gain decision-making power in the household. The opposite is true in Kano-household decision-making power has no bearing on contraceptive autonomy.
几篇学术论文表明，家庭决策权的分配对女性的避孕自主权有积极影响。本文探讨社会或制度环境（以居住地来体现）在改善或促成这种关系中所起的作用。我们的研究聚焦于尼日利亚的情况，该国存在多样的性别规范和宗教习俗，这些往往由地理位置决定。例如，普通法在尼日利亚南部更为普遍，而伊斯兰教教法在该国北部广泛施行。分析使用了行动绩效与监测（PMA）数据集（2019 - 2020年），并通过逻辑回归进行分析。我们发现有证据表明，家庭决策权与避孕自主权之间的关系由制度（城市）调节。更具体地说，我们表明在以女性赋权不断增强为特征的拉各斯州，女性在家庭中获得决策权时会拥有更多的避孕自主权。而在卡诺则相反，家庭决策权与避孕自主权无关。
