Association Between the Autonomy of Peruvian Women and the Choice of the Place of Delivery: Analysis of a National Survey, 2019.

Objectives: To determine the association between Peruvian women's autonomy and place of delivery. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study of secondary data from the Demographic and Family Health Survey 2019 was carried out. The dependent variable was institutionalized childbirth, and the indepe...

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Published in:Maternal & Child Health Journal Vol. 27; no. 10; pp. 1823 - 1834
Main Authors: Cueva, Gerald Alexander Hernandez, Ramírez, Rhisto Guillermo Nieves, Visconti-Lopez, Fabriccio J., Bendezu-Quispe, Guido, Vargas-Fernández, Rodrigo
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Published: Springer Nature Oct2023
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          Cueva, Gerald Alexander Hernandez
          Ramírez, Rhisto Guillermo Nieves
          Visconti-Lopez, Fabriccio J.
          Bendezu-Quispe, Guido
          Vargas-Fernández, Rodrigo
        affil: https://ror.org/04xr5we72 Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru
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          Delivery, Obstetric
          Expectant Mothers Psychosocial Factors
          Women Peru
          Autonomy
          Decision Making
          Patient Preference
          Childbirth
          Peruvians
          Human
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Surveys
          Poisson Distribution
          Confidence Intervals
          Peru
          Home Childbirth
          Geographic Locations
          Socioeconomic Factors
      ab: Objectives: To determine the association between Peruvian women's autonomy and place of delivery. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study of secondary data from the Demographic and Family Health Survey 2019 was carried out. The dependent variable was institutionalized childbirth, and the independent variable was women's autonomy. Likewise, the association between women's autonomy and institutionalized childbirth was evaluated using Poisson family generalized linear models with logarithmic link function, and crude (PR) and adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) with their respective 95% confidence interval (CI) were estimated. Results: The analysis included 15,334 women aged 15–49 years. It was found that a high proportion of women had a low level of autonomy (42.6%; 95% CI: 41.5–43.7), while 92.1% (95% CI: 91.3–92.9) had institutionalized childbirth. Moderate (PR: 1.10; 95% CI: 1.08–1.12) and high (PR: 1.13; 95% CI: 1.12–1.15) levels of women's autonomy were found to be associated with institutionalized childbirth, and the same association was found in the adjusted analysis. Conclusion: Being a woman with a higher level of autonomy was related to a higher prevalence of institutionalized childbirth. Therefore, as decision-making is a multifactorial characteristic, it is necessary to study in depth the determinants of non-institutionalized childbirth in women with less autonomy. Significance: What is already known on this subject? Women's autonomy is a strategy to improve health conditions and various socioeconomic aspects of women's lives and their environment. Several studies have found that women with high autonomy are positively associated with their health and access to maternal health services, such as institutionalized childbirth. What this study adds? This study found that Peruvian women with a high level of autonomy were more likely to have an institutionalized childbirth. This finding can contribute to government institutions to guide the strategies already in place to improve various aspects of women's lives and enhance their autonomy.
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