The Effect Of Women’s Empowerment On Utilization Of Reproductive Health Services In Ghana

ABSTRACT  The study examined the effect of women’s empowerment on utilisation of reproductive health services in Ghana. Women’s empowerment dimensions included access to economic resources and social norms, while reproductive health services comprised: (contraceptive use, timing of first antenatal visits, skilled birth attendance and place of delivery). The study used the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2008, dataset, which is a nationally representative sample. From the two empowerment dimensions, the study computed four empowerment indices using Polychoric Principal Components Analysis (…