From: Empowerment and health care access barriers among currently married women in Myanmar
Background characteristics | Total = 7759 | Barriers in health care access | Chi-square | p-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No barrier 3780 (48.0%) | 1 barrier 1725 (21.9%) | > 1 barrier 2364 (30.1%) | ||||
Women’s empowerment | ||||||
Low | 2278(33.4) | 1054 (46.3) | 494(21.7) | 729(32.0) | 70.9 | < 0.001 |
Medium | 2928(42.9) | 1532(51.6) | 704(23.7) | 734(24.7) | ||
High | 1620(23.7) | 848(57.3) | 250(16.9) | 383(25.8) | ||
Age | ||||||
15–19 | 227(2.9) | 104(46.0) | 46(20.0) | 77(34.0) | 12.9 | 0.17 |
20–29 | 2092(26.7) | 1016(48.5) | 491(23.5) | 585(28.0) | ||
30–39 | 2988(38.8) | 1526(51.1) | 629(21.0) | 832(27.9) | ||
40–49 | 2452(31.6) | 1274(51.9) | 495(20.2) | 685(27.9) | ||
Residence | ||||||
Urban | 2022(26.1) | 1256 (62.1) | 461 (22.8) | 305 (15.1) | 242.8 | < 0.001 |
Rural | 5737(73.9) | 2665 (46.5) | 1200(20.9) | 1872 (32.6) | ||
Education | ||||||
None | 1193(15.4) | 433(36.3) | 231(19.4) | 529(44.3) | 485.9 | < 0.001 |
Primary | 3656(47.1) | 1681(46.0) | 811(22.3) | 518(22.7) | ||
Secondary | 2285(29.4) | 1329(58.2) | 518(22.7) | 438(19.1) | ||
Higher | 625(8.1) | 477(76.7) | 101(16.1) | 45(7.2) | ||
Occupation | ||||||
Not working | 2280(29.4) | 1178(51.7) | 514(22.5) | 58(25.8) | 8.9 | 0.09 |
Working | 5479(70.6) | 2745(50.1) | 1144(20.9) | 1590(29.0) | ||
Wealth Index | ||||||
Poorest | 1622(20.9) | 463(28.5) | 342(21.1) | 817(50.4) | 974.2 | < 0.001 |
Poorer | 1586(20.4) | 644(40.6) | 376(23.7) | 566(35.7) | ||
Middle | 1555(20.1) | 811(52.1) | 342(21.9) | 402(26.0) | ||
Richer | 1509(19.5) | 917(60.8) | 331(21.9) | 261(17.3) | ||
Richest | 1487(19.1) | 1086(73.0) | 270(18.2) | 131(8.8) | ||
Husband’s occupation | ||||||
White collar | 715(9.2) | 486(68.0) | 130 (18.3) | 99 (13.7) | 101.0 | < 0.001 |
Blue collar | 7044 (90.8) | 3459 (49.1) | 1507(21.4) | 2078 (29.5) | ||
Husband’s education | ||||||
None | 1173(15.1) | 467(39.8) | 202 (17.2) | 504 (43.0) | 403.9 | < 0.001 |
Primary | 3128(40.3) | 1395 (44.6) | 723 (23.1) | 1010 (32.3) | ||
Secondary | 2941(37.9) | 1662(56.5) | 662 (22.5) | 617(21.0) | ||
Higher | 517(6.7) | 402 (77.6) | 77 (14.9) | 38 (7.5) | ||
No. of living children | ||||||
No child | 916(11.8) | 496(54.2) | 204 (22.2) | 217 (23.6) | 82.5 | < 0.001 |
1–3 | 5437(70.1) | 2825(52.0) | 1178 (21.6) | 1433 (26.4) | ||
4 and more | 1406(18.2) | 699 (42.6) | 279 (19.8) | 528 (37.6) | ||
Inter marital age difference | ||||||
Same age | 818 (10.5) | 430(52.6) | 177 (21.7) | 211(25.8) | 7.3 | 0.27 |
Husband>wife | 5274(68.0) | 2616 (49.6) | 1139 (21.6) | 1519 (28.8) | ||
Wife>husband | 1667(21.5) | 877 (52.6) | 343 (20.6) | 447 (26.8) | ||
Family structure | ||||||
Nuclear | 3942(50.8) | 1812(46.0) | 868 (22.0) | 1263 (32.0) | 79.9 | < 0.001 |
Extended | 3817 (49.2) | 2186 (55.2) | 791(20.8) | 911 (24.0) |