The level of women’s community-level autonomy is associated with an increased number of children immunized above and beyond that which is seen with individual-level women’s autonomy. These results indicate that empowering women within households not only improves the individual mother’s children’s health, but also serves to improve the lives of other children within the community.
This analysis is from the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey that investigated the relationship between individual- and community-levels of women’s autonomy and children’s immunization status.
Full Citation:
Ebot, J.O.. 2014. Place Matters: Community Level Effects of Women’s Autonomy on Ethiopian Children’s Immunization Status. African Population Studies. 28(2).
Title of Article: Place Matters: Community Level Effects of Women’s Autonomy on Ethiopian Children’s Immunization Status
Author(s): Ebot, J.O.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Name: African Population Studies
Publication Volume: 28(2)
Publication Source URL: https://aps.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/568
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.11564/28-0-568