Common Contracts

Abstract

April 13th, 2017

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  April 13th, 2017

Around the world, socially defined responsibilities, decision making ability, and control over resources vary for men and women; men usually have more power than women. Research on equitable gender norms (where women have decision making power and abilities equivalent to men) has increasingly showed positive associations with use of family planning (FP) and health services. However, few studies have examined couples’ agreement on gender norms and how (and if) this relates to contraceptive usage. This study examines this topic using data collected from four Nigerian cities (Abuja, Ibadan, Ilorin and Kaduna) as part of the 2010-11 baseline population-based survey of the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation Project. We investigate couples’ agreement on gender norms (attitudes towards wife beating, household decision making, and restrictions on wife’s activities) related to modern contraceptive usage among 2,184 couples (weighted value=2,130). Disagreement between spouses ranged from 6% to 4