Women's Autonomy and Maternal Health Care Utilization in Pakistan

ISBN-13: 9783847323617 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 68 str.

Sarfraz Khan;Shahid Iqbal

Opis

The present study intends to analyze womens autonomy and its relationship with maternal health care utilization in rural Gujrat, Pakistan. A survey was conducted in three Union Councils (Doga, Kernana & Malka) of Tehsil Kharian, District Gujrat. A sample size of 104 female respondents (delivered a baby having the age group of 6 weeks to 8 months) was drawn with the help of multi-stage random sampling technique by collecting sampling frame from the concerned Union Council Offices. Interview schedule was developed to collect relevant information from the respondents. Univeriat tables were generated to show frequency distribution and percentages. Cross-tabulations were constructed to show the relationship of different variables. Spearmans rho statistical test was used to test the hypothesis. There was a positive association between womens autonomy and maternal health care utilization.

O autorze

Sarfraz Khan is presently working as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Gujrat since 2007. He is doing his PhD in Anthropology from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. His main areas of interests include; Migration, Gender Issues, and Religion.