Women's empowerment and ideal family size: an examination of DHS empowerment measures in Sub-Saharan Africa.

CONCLUSIONS: Women's empowerment--as assessed using currently available measures--is not consistently associated with a desire for smaller families or the ability to achieve desired fertility in these Sub-Saharan African countries. Further research is needed to determine what measures are most applicable for these contexts. PMID: 22832148 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - Category: Global & Universal Tags: Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health Source Type: research