Table 2 Distribution of women having decision-making autonomy for healthcare among women in Bangladesh by explanatory variables (N = 18,890)
|  |  | Women’s autonomy in decision-making for healthcare [weighted n (%), row] |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Weighted Total, n (%) | No | Yes | P value |
Overall prevalence (95% CI) |  | 23.54 (22.94–24.15) | 76.46 (75.85–77.06) |  |
Age of women | Â | Â | Â | Â |
15–24 years | 5401 (28.59) | 1815 (33.60) | 3586 (66.40) | < 0.001 |
25–34 years | 6723 (35.59) | 1343 (19.98) | 5380 (80.02) | |
35–49 years | 6766 (35.82) | 1288 (19.04) | 5478 (80.96) | |
Education of women | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No education | 2937 (15.55) | 648 (22.06) | 2289 (77.94) | < 0.001 |
Primary | 5873 (31.09) | 1314 (22.38) | 4559 (77.62) | |
Secondary | 7636 (40.42) | 1927 (25.24) | 5709 (74.76) | |
Higher | 2444 (12.94) | 557 (22.79) | 1887 (77.21) | |
Women employment status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Working | 8892 (47.07) | 1773 (19.94) | 7119 (80.06) | < 0.001 |
Not working | 9998 (52.93) | 2673 (26.74) | 7325 (73.26) | |
Husbands’ education |  |  |  |  |
No education | 4071 (21.55) | 867 (21.29) | 3204 (78.71) | < 0.001 |
Primary | 6070 (32.13) | 1433 (23.61) | 4637 (76.39) | |
Secondary | 5656 (29.94) | 1456 (25.75) | 4200 (74.25) | |
Higher | 3093 (16.38) | 690 (22.32) | 2403 (77.68) | |
Husbands’ occupation |  |  |  |  |
Don’t work | 401 (2.13) | 96 (23.97) | 305 (76.03) | 0.001 |
Services/job | 3718 (19.68) | 802 (21.56) | 2916 (78.44) | |
Business | 3407 (18.03) | 876 (25.71) | 2531 (74.29) | |
Agriculture | 4841 (25.63) | 1149 (23.74) | 3692 (76.26) | |
Others | 6523 (34.53) | 1523 (23.35) | 5000 (76.65) | |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Muslim | 17,114 (90.60) | 4045 (23.64) | 13,069 (76.36) | 0.007 |
Hindu | 1638 (8.67) | 385 (23.52) | 1253 (76.48) | |
Buddhist/Christian | 138 (0.73) | 16 (11.78) | 122 (88.22) | |
Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine | Â | Â | Â | |
Not at all | 17,114 (90.60) | 4098 (23.95) | 13,016 (76.05) | < 0.001 |
Less than once a week | 1160 (6.14) | 260 (22.37) | 900 (77.63) | |
At least once a week | 616 (3.26) | 88 (14.36) | 528 (85.64) | |
Frequency of listening to the radio | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Not at all | 17,979 (95.18) | 4229 (23.52) | 13,750 (76.48) | 0.264 |
Less than once a week | 535 (2.83) | 111 (20.67) | 424 (79.33) | |
At least once a week | 376 (1.99) | 107 (28.44) | 269 (71.56) | |
Frequency of watching television | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Not at all | 6750 (35.73) | 1679 (24.87) | 5071 (75.13) | < 0.001 |
Less than once a week | 1709 (9.05) | 407 (23.80) | 1302 (76.20) | |
At least once a week | 10,431 (55.22) | 2361 (22.63) | 8070 (77.37) | |
Currently pregnant | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 1131 (5.99) | 337 (29.81) | 794 (70.19) | < 0.001 |
No | 17,759 (94.01) | 4109 (23.14) | 13,650 (76.86) | |
Parity | Â | Â | Â | Â |
None | 1965 (10.40) | 754 (38.39) | 1211 (61.61) | < 0.001 |
1–2 | 10,137 (53.67) | 2309 (22.78) | 7828 (77.22) | |
3 or more | 6788 (35.93) | 1382 (20.36) | 5406 (79.64) | |
Birth in the last 3 years | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No birth | 13,931 (73.75) | 3096 (22.22) | 10,835 (77.78) | < 0.001 |
Gave birth | 4959 (26.25) | 1350 (27.23) | 3609s (72.77) | |
Household wealth status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Poorest | 3463 (18.33) | 784 (22.65) | 2679 (77.35) | < 0.001 |
Poorer | 3716 (19.67) | 924 (24.86) | 2792 (75.14) | |
Middle | 3828 (20.27) | 978 (25.55) | 2850 (74.45) | |
Richer | 3948 (20.90) | 928 (23.50) | 3020 (76.50) | |
Richest | 3935 (20.83) | 832 (21.16) | 3103 (78.84) | |
Place of residence | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Rural | 13,537 (71.66) | 3400 (25.12) | 10,137 (74.88) | < 0.001 |
Urban | 5353 (28.34) | 1046 (19.55) | 4307 (80.45) | |
Administrative division | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Barisal | 1052 (5.57) | 290 (27.56) | 762 (72.44) | < 0.001 |
Chittagong | 3378 (17.88) | 824 (24.40) | 2554 (75.60) | |
Dhaka | 4840 (25.62) | 1014 (20.96) | 3826 (79.04) | |
Khulna | 2201 (11.65) | 514 (23.36) | 1687 (76.64) | |
Mymensingh | 1464 (7.75) | 284 (19.38) | 1180 (80.62) | |
Rajshahi | 2635 (13.95) | 607 (23.05) | 2028 (76.95) | |
Rangpur | 2240 (11.86) | 542 (24.20) | 1698 (75.80) | |
Sylhet | 1080 (5.72) | 371 (34.32) | 709 (65.68) | |