Impact of Women's Empowerment on The Antenatal Health Care Utilization

Research Abstract

Impact of Women's Empowerment on The Antenatal Health Care Utilization Abstract Antenatal health care utilization is very important not only for mothers but also for babies because it is leading to reduce maternal and child mortality. The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of women's empowerment indicators and other variables on antenatal care utilization. Using the descriptive and the multivariate analyses (the Logistic and the zero-inflated negative binomial regression) with data coming from the EDHS 2005, the study finds that women's empowerment affects the decision to go to receive antenatal care but it does not increase the number of antenatal care visits. Additionally, the results indicate that wealth index is considered to be the most important determinant of receiving antenatal care. Also, education made women receive antenatal care but it did not increase the number of antenatal care visits. Keywords: women's empowerment- antenatal care

Research Keywords

Impact of Women's Empowerment on The Antenatal Health Care Utilization