Mass Media Exposure and Women’s Household Decision-Making Capacity in 30 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys

Frontiers in Psychology

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Abdul-Aziz Seidu¹  Thomas Schack³  Bright Opoku Ahinkorah⁴  John Elvis Hagan, Jr.⁵  Edward Kwabena Ameyaw⁴  Eric Abodey⁶  Amanda Odoi⁷  Ebenezer Agbaglo⁸  Francis Sambah⁵  Vivian Tackie⁵ 

[1] Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast;College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University;Neurocognition and Action-Biomechanics Research Group, Faculty of Psychology and Sport Sciences, Bielefeld University;The Australian Centre for Public and Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney;Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Cape Coast;Department of Education and Psychology Studies, University of Cape Coast;Centre for Gender Research Advocacy and Documentation, University of Cape Coast;Department of English, University of Cape Coast

关键词: household decision-making capacity;    mass media;    sub-Saharan Africa;    women’s health;    public health;    demographic and health survey;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.581614

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background Women’s household decision-making capacity is an essential component of their empowerment which include decisions related to personal health care, large household purchase and family visitations. Despite research evidence acknowledging mass media’s influences on women’s empowerment, including their ability to take household decisions, empirical data through multi-country comparison on mass media exposure and women’s decision making capacity are sparse. This study sought to assess the association between exposure to mass media (television, radio and newspaper/magazine) and women’s household decision-making capacity in 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

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