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Int J Gynaecol Obstet · Nov 2010
Effect of married women's beliefs about gender equity on their use of prenatal and delivery care in rural China.
- Ying Cui, Qiaoli Zhang, Li Yang, Jianli Ye, and Mentao Lv.
- International Cooperative Project Department, National Center for Women and Children's Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. cuiying@chinawch.org.cn
- Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2010 Nov 1; 111 (2): 148-51.
ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of married women's beliefs regarding gender equity on their use of prenatal and delivery care in China's rural Xinjiang and Anhui provinces.MethodsIn this survey, 1029 women aged from 15 to 69 years, living in rural Xinjiang and Anhui provinces, and married, answered a questionnaire designed to collect information on their demographic characteristics, reproductive history (number of pregnancies, level of prenatal care, and mode and place of delivery), and beliefs regarding gender equity. We quantified "belief in gender equity" based on responses to 7 specific statements and graded the responses according to a system scoring the strength of the overall belief (a total score ≥19, strong; 15-18, moderate; and ≤14, weak).ResultsOnly 34.3% of the women demonstrated strong convictions about gender equity. Even after adjusting for education and ethnicity, the percentage of women who received consistent prenatal care and were delivered at a maternity facility was highest among those scoring 19 or higher, and the reverse was true for women scoring 14 or less.ConclusionOverall, women in China's rural Xinjiang and Anhui provinces do not hold strong convictions about gender equity. There was a positive correlation between belief in gender equity and use of prenatal and delivery care.Copyright © 2010 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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