Testing for the Endogenous Nature between Women’s Empowerment and Antenatal Health Care Utilization : Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study in Egypt
Joint Authors
Zaky, Hassan H. M.
Hussein, Mohamed Ali
Armanious, Dina M.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-07-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Women’s relative lack of decision-making power and their unequal access to employment, finances, education, basic health care, and other resources are considered to be the root causes of their ill-health and that of their children.
The main purpose of this paper is to examine the interactive relation between women’s empowerment and the use of maternal health care.
Two model specifications are tested.
One assumes no correlation between empowerment and antenatal care while the second specification allows for correlation.
Both the univariate and the recursive bivariate probit models are tested.
The data used in this study is EDHS 2008.
Factor Analysis Technique is also used to construct some of the explanatory variables such as the availability and quality of health services indicators.
The findings show that women’s empowerment and receiving regular antenatal care are simultaneously determined and the recursive bivariate probit is a better approximation to the relationship between them.
Women’s empowerment has significant and positive impact on receiving regular antenatal care.
The availability and quality of health services do significantly increase the likelihood of receiving regular antenatal care.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zaky, Hassan H. M.& Armanious, Dina M.& Hussein, Mohamed Ali. 2014. Testing for the Endogenous Nature between Women’s Empowerment and Antenatal Health Care Utilization : Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study in Egypt. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469286
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zaky, Hassan H. M.…[et al.]. Testing for the Endogenous Nature between Women’s Empowerment and Antenatal Health Care Utilization : Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study in Egypt. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469286
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zaky, Hassan H. M.& Armanious, Dina M.& Hussein, Mohamed Ali. Testing for the Endogenous Nature between Women’s Empowerment and Antenatal Health Care Utilization : Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study in Egypt. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469286
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-469286