Ma, NingHou, Xiaohui2012-03-192012-03-192011-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3314A large body of research has attempted to explore the links between women's autonomy and their uptake of reproductive health services in the South Asia region, but the evidence so far is inconclusive. This study uses the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey to examine the influence of household decision making on women's uptake of reproductive health services. The analysis finds that women's decision-making power has a significant positive correlation with reproductive health services uptake and that influential males' decision-making power has the opposite effect, after controlling for socio-economic indicators and supply-side conditions. The findings suggest that empowering women and increasing their ability to make decisions may increase their uptake of reproductive health services. They also suggest that policies directed toward improving women's utilization of maternity services must target men as well as women in Pakistan.CC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONAPPROACH TO FAMILY PLANNINGBIRTH ATTENDANTBIRTH ATTENDANTSBIRTH CONTROLBIRTHSCARE PROVISIONCHILD LABORCOMPLICATIONSCONTRACEPTIVE USECULTURAL CUSTOMSCULTURAL RESTRICTIONS ON WOMENDECISION MAKINGDELIVERY CAREDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIVORCEDOCTORDOCTORSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC STATUSEDUCATION FOR GIRLSEMPLOYMENTEMPOWERING WOMENEXPENDITURESFAMILIESFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY PLANNING SERVICESFEMALEFEMALE PROVIDERSFERTILITYFIRST CHILDGENDERGYNAECOLOGYGYNECOLOGYHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE PROVISIONHEALTH CARE UTILIZATIONHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH NEEDSHEALTH POLICYHEALTH PROFESSIONALHEALTH RISKSHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH WORKERSHOSPITALHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD SIZEHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESHUSBANDSIMMUNIZATIONINCOMEINDEXESINFANTINHERITANCEINTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNINGINTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVESINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGYINTERVENTIONLAWSLIVING STANDARDSMALESMATERNAL CAREMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL HEALTH CAREMATERNAL HEALTH SERVICESMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATEMATERNAL MORTALITY RATESMATERNITY SERVICESMEDICAL SERVICESMEDICAL TREATMENTMEDICINEMIDWIFEMIDWIVESMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF HEALTHMORTALITYMOTHERNUMBER OF CHILDRENNURSENURSESNUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTSOBSTETRICSPARAMEDICSPATIENTSPERSONAL DEVELOPMENTPHYSICIANSPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY LEVELPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOOR FAMILIESPOPULATION COUNCILPOSTNATAL CAREPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMANPREGNANT WOMENPRENATAL CAREPRENATAL CARE UTILIZATIONPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIMARY HEALTH SERVICESPROFESSIONAL CAREPROGRESSPSYCHOLOGYPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HOSPITALSPUBLIC SERVICERECREATIONREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESREPRODUCTIVE SERVICESRURAL AREASSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE UTILIZATIONSKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCESOCIAL SCIENCESOCIAL SECTORSOCIAL STATUSSPECIALISTSTETANUSURBAN AREASURBAN SQUATTERVACCINATIONWOMEN'S HEALTHWORKERSWORKING CONDITIONSYOUNG AGEYOUNG WOMENWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5543