Influences of women empowerment indices on demand for childcare services: Evidence from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys

• Main Authors: Zhou D., Ahuru R.R., Yan M., Osabohien R., Jakovljevic M.
• Other Authors: 58764075300
• Format: Article
• Published: Women's Health and Action Research Centre 2024
• Subjects: Childcare services; health policy; healthcare management; women empowerment; Child; Child Care; Decision Making; Empowerment; Family Characteristics; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Mothers; Nigeria; child; child care; decision making; empowerment; family structure; female; health survey; human; mother

This study examined the effect of various dimensions of women�s empowerment on childcare use in Nigeria, utilizing information from five rounds of the National Demographic and Health Surveys. The analysis made use of both binary and multinomial logistic regression. The findings show that women who s...