Women's Empowerment and the Use of Family Planning in the Maradi and Zinder Regions of Niger

HAMADOU ADAMA Abdou Aziz, Grade Africa
HAROUNA OUMARA Mohamed, GRADE Africa
YAYE ALBADE Ahmed, GRADE Africa

Women's empowerment and gender equality have become major concerns for policymakers. Indeed, these factors are crucial drivers for sustainable development, as highlighted by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The objective of this study is to analyze the link between women's empowerment and the use of family planning in Niger. The data used primarily comes from the baseline survey of the Magan Daga project. Through chi-square tests and logistic regression, a statistically significant association emerges between women's empowerment and the use of family planning (Pr = 0.017). The results of the logistic regression show that women's empowerment influences their use of family planning (FP). Compared to women with low empowerment levels, those with medium (OR = 0.817; 95% CI [0.542; 0.831]) and high (OR = 0.819; 95% CI [0.519; 0.829]) empowerment levels are less likely to use FP. Keywords: Women's empowerment, Family planning, Niger.

Keywords: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Family Planning and Contraception

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