Sexual Reproductive Health Patterns among Cambodian Women with Disabilities

Pravitasari Pravitasari, National Population And Family Planning Board, Indonesia
Riance Maria Sinaga, Gadjah Mada University
Fadiah Putri, The University of Melbourne

Cambodia is the only country in Southeast Asia that has included the module on disability in the Demographic and Health Survey 2021-2022. This research tried to investigate the patterns of Sexual Reproductive Health among Women with Disabilities in Cambodia by employing bivariate and regression analysis on 21-22 CDHS. Findings indicate that 31.4% (n=16,287) of respondents are experiencing at least one disability condition. The majority of women with disabilities have living children, and about one-third of them have ever terminated pregnancy. There is no significant association between having a disability and knowledge of contraception. However, women with disabilities of all types are more likely to have difficulty accessing healthcare (OR = 1.15, 95% CI: 1.11-1.20). They are also more likely to have sexual activity in the past four weeks than those without disability conditions. This study underscores the need for health policy and programmes to ensure availability and provide good quality sexual reproductive health services for all, regardless of disability status.

Keywords: Inequality, Disadvantage and Discrimination

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