Women's empowerment and short- and long-acting contraceptive method use in Egypt.

摘要: AbstractEgypt is ranked one of the most gender unequal countries, and fertility at a two-decade high 3.5 births per woman. Women’s empowerment strategy used to promote contraceptive use lower fertility, yet evidence from Middle East limited. This study uses 2005, 2008 2014 Egyptian Demographic Health Survey data examine recent patterns method choice how women’s associated with type: none, short-acting or long-acting reversible (LARC) methods. Using nationally representative sample 47,545 married women in their childbearing years, multinomial logistic regression models agency, specifically household decision-making attitudes towards intimate partner violence type. In 2014, LARC significantly declined was higher than 2008. Women who made decisions were less accepting more li...