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15.9 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE BY WOMEN’S STATUS<br />

Table 15.11 shows women’s use <strong>of</strong> antenatal, delivery, <strong>and</strong> postnatal care services by the<br />

three indicators <strong>of</strong> women’s empowerment. In societies where health care is widespread, women’s<br />

empowerment may not affect their access to reproductive health services. In other societies, however,<br />

increased empowerment <strong>of</strong> women is likely to increase their ability to seek out <strong>and</strong> use limited health<br />

services to better meet their own reproductive health goals, including the goal <strong>of</strong> safe motherhood.<br />

Table 15.11 Reproductive health care by women’s empowerment<br />

Percentage <strong>of</strong> women age 15-49 with a live birth in the five years preceding the survey who received<br />

antenatal care, delivery assistance, <strong>and</strong> postnatal care from health personnel for the most recent birth, by<br />

indicators <strong>of</strong> women's empowerment, <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong><br />

Empowerment indicator<br />

224 | Women’s Empowerment <strong>and</strong> <strong>Demographic</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Outcomes<br />

Received<br />

antenatal care<br />

from health<br />

personnel<br />

Received<br />

delivery<br />

assistance from<br />

health<br />

personnel<br />

Received<br />

postnatal care<br />

from health<br />

personnel<br />

within the first<br />

two days since<br />

delivery 1<br />

Number <strong>of</strong><br />

women with a<br />

child born in<br />

the past five<br />

years<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> decisions in which<br />

women participate 2<br />

0 85.3 36.4 20.7 66<br />

1-2 84.5 43.9 34.9 528<br />

3-4 86.6 32.4 23.6 5,208<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> reasons for which wife<br />

beating is justified 3<br />

0 80.6 33.2 22.4 658<br />

1-2 87.3 37.0 26.2 1,413<br />

3-4 87.7 34.3 25.8 2,585<br />

5 84.1 27.7 21.8 1,360<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> reasons given for<br />

refusing to have sexual intercourse<br />

with husb<strong>and</strong> 4<br />

0 85.9 45.0 29.3 642<br />

1-2 89.9 42.9 32.6 1,850<br />

3 84.0 26.2 19.6 3,523<br />

Total 86.0 33.3 24.6 6,015<br />

Note: “<strong>Health</strong> personnel” includes doctor, nurse, midwife, or assistant nurse.<br />

1 Includes deliveries in a health facility <strong>and</strong> not in a health facility<br />

2 Restricted to currently married women. See Table 15.5.1 for the list <strong>of</strong> decisions.<br />

3 See Table 15.6.1 for the list <strong>of</strong> reasons.<br />

4 See Table 15.7.1 for the list <strong>of</strong> reasons.<br />

The data indicate that there is a correlation between women’s status, as measured by the<br />

number <strong>of</strong> reasons for justifying wife beating, <strong>and</strong> utilization <strong>of</strong> health services. Women who believe<br />

that wife beating is justified for all five reasons are less likely to receive antenatal care, delivery<br />

assistance, or postnatal care from health personnel than women who believe that wife beating is<br />

justified for one to two reasons. The relationship between utilization <strong>of</strong> health services <strong>and</strong> the other<br />

two women’s empowerment indicators is less clear. As antenatal care is widely accessible to most<br />

women, differences by empowerment index are not clearly reflected.

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