TY - JOUR
T1 - Does financial autonomy imply reproductive and sexual autonomy? Evidence from urban poor women in Accra, Ghana
AU - Dodoo, Naa Dodua
AU - Atiglo, D. Yaw
AU - Biney, Adriana A.E.
AU - Alhassan, Nurudeen
AU - Peterson, Maame B.
AU - Dodoo, F. Nii Amoo
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by International Development Research Centre [grant number 105814], European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), William and Flora Hewlett Foundation [grant number 2007-9823].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, on behalf of the University of Witwatersrand.
PY - 2019/10/2
Y1 - 2019/10/2
N2 - This article investigates the association between financial autonomy and three other measures of autonomy–sexual autonomy, perceived reproductive autonomy and actual reproductive autonomy in Ga-Mashie, Accra, Ghana. From anthropological accounts, the financial independence of women from this community, coupled with unique living arrangements, have resulted in them being independent and autonomous. The analytical sample consists of 172 women who were in union at the time of the survey. Binary logistic and ordered logistic regression models ran between financial autonomy and the other measures of autonomy, and controlling for relevant socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the women, reveal that in this context, financial autonomy does not have the perceived effect of increasing autonomy in the three other spheres. Rather, measures that hint at egalitarianism and close marital relationships–namely, marital power, agreement with partners about reproductive issues and marital duration–are more significantly associated with sexual and reproductive autonomy. We conclude that, coupled with schemes to increase the financial autonomy of women, in this context, other measures aimed at improving marital relationships should be explored and encouraged.
AB - This article investigates the association between financial autonomy and three other measures of autonomy–sexual autonomy, perceived reproductive autonomy and actual reproductive autonomy in Ga-Mashie, Accra, Ghana. From anthropological accounts, the financial independence of women from this community, coupled with unique living arrangements, have resulted in them being independent and autonomous. The analytical sample consists of 172 women who were in union at the time of the survey. Binary logistic and ordered logistic regression models ran between financial autonomy and the other measures of autonomy, and controlling for relevant socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the women, reveal that in this context, financial autonomy does not have the perceived effect of increasing autonomy in the three other spheres. Rather, measures that hint at egalitarianism and close marital relationships–namely, marital power, agreement with partners about reproductive issues and marital duration–are more significantly associated with sexual and reproductive autonomy. We conclude that, coupled with schemes to increase the financial autonomy of women, in this context, other measures aimed at improving marital relationships should be explored and encouraged.
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U2 - 10.1080/00020184.2019.1584485
DO - 10.1080/00020184.2019.1584485
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062448323
SN - 0002-0184
VL - 78
SP - 477
EP - 495
JO - African Studies
JF - African Studies
IS - 4
ER -