The Effect of Women’s Empowerment in the Utilisation of Family Planning in Western Ethiopia: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach
Abstract
:1. Background
Research Hypothesis
2. Methodology
2.1. Study Design, Population and Setting
2.2. Sample and Sampling Procedure
2.3. Data Collection and Measurement Tools
2.4. Data Analysis
2.5. Operational Definitions
3. Results
3.1. Background Characteristics of the Study Respondents
3.2. Age at First Marriage and Birth
3.3. Family Planning Utilisation
3.4. Participation in Major Household Decisions
3.5. Attitudes towards Violence
3.6. Factor Analysis (CFA) Results
3.7. Structural Equation Modelling Results (SEM)
4. Discussion
4.1. Strengths and Limitations of the Study
4.2. Conclusion and Recommendations
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|
Educational status of women | ||
Illiterate | 386 | 51.70 |
Primary (1–8) | 276 | 37.00 |
Low secondary (9–10) | 62 | 8.30 |
Secondary and above | 22 | 3.00 |
Partner education status | ||
Illiterate | 299 | 40.08 |
Primary (1–8) | 355 | 47.59 |
Low secondary (9–10) | 55 | 7.37 |
Secondary and above | 37 | 4.96 |
Employment | ||
Not employed | 701 | 93.97 |
Employed | 45 | 6.03 |
Religious denomination | ||
Muslim | 723 | 96.92 |
Christian | 23 | 3.08 |
Main source of income for the family | ||
Land cultivation | 454 | 60.86 |
Small business | 137 | 18.36 |
Husbandry | 102 | 13.67 |
Paid job | 26 | 3.49 |
Labour | 23 | 3.08 |
Other | 4 | 0.53 |
Access to sources of information | ||
Yes | 469 | 62.87 |
No | 277 | 37.13 |
Have You Ever Given Birth? | Frequency | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Yes | 723 | 96.92 | |
No | 23 | 3.08 | |
How many children do you have in your life (both alive and dead)? | Mean | Median | SD |
4.02 | 4.00 | 2.44 | |
Total number of children alive | 3.63 | 3.00 | 2.22 |
Birth interval | Frequency | Percentage | |
One year | 125 | 16.76 | |
Two years | 220 | 29.49 | |
Three years | 245 | 32.84 | |
Four years | 79 | 10.59 | |
More than four years | 54 | 7.24 | |
Does your husband/partner have another partner? | |||
No | 637 | 85.39 | |
Yes | 109 | 14.61 |
Decision-Making Dimension (N = 746) | Joint or Alone Percent | Husband or Someone Else (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | In your household who usually makes decisions about large household purchases | 68.23 | 31.77 |
2 | In your household who usually decides to visit your family, relatives | 24.26 | 75.74 |
3 | In your household who usually makes decisions about the health care of the women | 19.84 | 80.16 |
Indicator | Yes (%) | No (%) | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
In your opinion, is a husband justified in physical violence towards his wife in the following situations: | ||||
1 | If she goes out without telling him? | 66.62 | 33.38 | 100 |
2 | If she neglects the children? | 58.71 | 41.29 | 100 |
3 | If she argues with him? | 52.55 | 47.45 | 100 |
4 | If she refuses to have sex with him? | 40.21 | 59.79 | 100 |
5 | If she burns the food? | 45.84 | 54.16 | 100 |
Latent Construct | Aspects Asked about | Factor Loadings (EFA) | p Value (CFA) |
---|---|---|---|
Decision-making power | Decisions on big household purchases | 0.244 | |
Decisions on own health care | 0.591 | 0.000 | |
Decisions on going to public meetings | 0.635 | 0.000 | |
Attitude towards physical violence | Physical violence if she neglects children | 0.825 | |
Physical violence if she argues with her partner | 0.755 | 0.000 | |
Physical violence if she burns food | 0.695 | 0.000 | |
Physical violence if she goes out without telling her partner | 0.745 | 0.000 | |
Physical violence if she refuses to have sex | 0.825 | 0.000 |
Predictors in the Equation (X): | Dependent Variables | ||
---|---|---|---|
Attitude Towards Violence | Decision-Making Power | Use of Family Planning | |
Endogenous variables | |||
1. Decision-making power | 0.101 * | ||
2.Attitude towards violence | 0.104 ** | ||
Exogenous variables | |||
Current age of the women | 0.089 * | 0.463 *** | |
Having access to information | 0.192 *** | ||
Having access to a health facility | 0.140 *** | ||
Having awareness about contraceptives | −0.118 ** | 0.240 *** | |
Husband being employed | 0.091 ** | ||
Age of the husband | −0.338 ** | −0.126 * | |
Being from middle and higher wealth class | −0.114 *** | ||
Rural residence | −0.085 ** | ||
Occupation/no job or farmer | |||
Religion | |||
If she ever faced any form of violence | −0.116 ** | ||
If she or husband has no habit of alcohol consumption | 0.153 *** | ||
Partner not having habit of chewing/drinking | 0.195 ** | 0.262 *** | |
Has exposure to education | 0.200 *** | ||
Source of income | 0.153 ** | ||
Husband being literate | 0.223 ** |
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Muluneh, M.D.; Francis, L.; Ayele, M.; Abebe, S.; Makonnen, M.; Stulz, V. The Effect of Women’s Empowerment in the Utilisation of Family Planning in Western Ethiopia: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 6550. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126550
Muluneh MD, Francis L, Ayele M, Abebe S, Makonnen M, Stulz V. The Effect of Women’s Empowerment in the Utilisation of Family Planning in Western Ethiopia: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(12):6550. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126550
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuluneh, Muluken Dessalegn, Lyn Francis, Mhiret Ayele, Sintayehu Abebe, Misrak Makonnen, and Virginia Stulz. 2021. "The Effect of Women’s Empowerment in the Utilisation of Family Planning in Western Ethiopia: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 12: 6550. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126550
APA StyleMuluneh, M. D., Francis, L., Ayele, M., Abebe, S., Makonnen, M., & Stulz, V. (2021). The Effect of Women’s Empowerment in the Utilisation of Family Planning in Western Ethiopia: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 6550. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126550