Background Interpersonal theories of influence postulate that the interactions between two members of a dyad are characterized by bidirectional influence, mutual regulation, and interpersonal assimilation. Empirical support for an interpersonal sphere of influence comes from res…
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Among the 22 Arab countries, Egypt ranks amongst the worst for the treatment of women. Additionally, in the last 6 years, fertility surged to a 20-year high of 3.5 births per woman. Poorer women's status and autonomy is often linked to high fertility; however, little is known ab…
In this research, I investigate the ways that women maneuver for power in the household and the village setting and I examine empirically the relationship between women's power and use of contraception. I began this study because I found the measures of women's autonomy being us…
Competing risks data are often observed in medical research, industrial life testing, economics and sociology. In the competing risks framework, each subject may fail from one of several distinct types or causes. Analysis of such data is complicated by dependent censoring of an …
The Arab region has entered an era of dramatic demographic shifts. Declining fertility is one of the most significant of these changes. This transition has been largely the outcome of changes in contraceptive use. As contraceptive prevalence continues to rise, it is important to…
This research study was an investigation into the factors associated with the use of modern contraceptives among reproductive-age women in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Reproductive-age women in the Municipality have been found to have a high rate o…
Contraception remains the most effective modern way of controlling unwanted pregnancies among sexually active women. The purpose of this study was to investigate contraceptive use among northern Nigerian women ages 15 to 49 years. The study was anchored on social ecological mode…
As the family planning program in Java and Bali, Indonesia reached a high level of contraceptive use, the program goals shifted from a quantitative emphasis such as achieving a targeted number of contraceptive users to qualitative accentuation such as improving the quality of co…