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Individual- and community-level women's empowerment and complete use of maternal healthcare services: A multilevel analysis of 34 sub-Saharan African countries

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  • Eom, Yun-Jung
  • Chi, Hyejun
  • Bhatia, Amiya
  • Lee, Hwa-Young
  • Subramanian, S.V.
  • Kim, Rockli

Abstract

Current literature on women's empowerment (WE) and maternal healthcare use is limited to individual-level analysis, with a focus on single components of maternal healthcare services. As gender-related community contexts may importantly shape women's ability to seek healthcare services, we examined how both individual- and community-level WE are associated with complete use of maternal healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

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  • Eom, Yun-Jung & Chi, Hyejun & Bhatia, Amiya & Lee, Hwa-Young & Subramanian, S.V. & Kim, Rockli, 2025. "Individual- and community-level women's empowerment and complete use of maternal healthcare services: A multilevel analysis of 34 sub-Saharan African countries," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 370(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:370:y:2025:i:c:s0277953625001455
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117816
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