Empowering Women : The Effect of Women’s Decision-Making Power
on Reproductive Health Services Uptake - Evidence from Pakistan

Empowering Women : The Effect of Women’s Decision-Making Power on Reproductive Health Services Uptake - Evidence from Pakistan

A large body of research has attempted to explore the links between women's autonomy and their uptake of reproductive health services in the South Asia region, but the evidence so far is inconclusive. This study uses the Pakistan Social and Li...

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Main Authors:	Hou, Xiaohui, Ma, Ning
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABORTION APPROACH TO FAMILY PLANNING BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS BIRTH CONTROL BIRTHS CARE PROVISION CHILD LABOR COMPLICATIONS CONTRACEPTIVE USE CULTURAL CUSTOMS CULTURAL RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN DECISION MAKING DELIVERY CARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVORCE DOCTOR DOCTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERING WOMEN EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FEMALE FEMALE PROVIDERS FERTILITY FIRST CHILD GENDER GYNAECOLOGY GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROFESSIONAL HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INDEXES INFANT INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY INTERVENTION LAWS LIVING STANDARDS MALES MATERNAL CARE MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH CARE MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MATERNITY SERVICES MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINE MIDWIFE MIDWIVES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MOTHER NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSE NURSES NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS OBSTETRICS PARAMEDICS PATIENTS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICIANS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY LEVEL POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR FAMILIES POPULATION COUNCIL POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRENATAL CARE UTILIZATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES PROFESSIONAL CARE PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SERVICE RECREATION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES RURAL AREAS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE UTILIZATION SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL STATUS SPECIALISTS TETANUS URBAN AREAS URBAN SQUATTER VACCINATION WOMEN'S HEALTH WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG AGE YOUNG WOMEN
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