TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Domestic violence and decision-making power of married women in Myanmar: analysis of a nationally representative sample
JO  - Annals of Saudi medicine
A1  - Kabir, Russell
A1  - Haque, Mainul
A1  - Mohammadnezhad, Masoud
A1  - Samad, Nandeeta
A1  - Mostari, Shabnam
A1  - Jabin, Shiny
A1  - Majumder, Md Anwarul Azim
A1  - Rabbani, Md Golam
SP  - 395
EP  - 402
VL  - 39
IS  - 6
N2  - BACKGROUND: Women in Myanmar are not considered decision makers in the community and the physical and psychological effect of violence makes them more vulnerable. There is a strong negative reaction, usually violent, to any economic activity generated by women among poorer and middle-class families in Myanmar because a woman's income is not considered necessary for basic survival. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: Explore the relationship between domestic violence on the decision-making power of married women in Myanmar. <br><br>DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: National, both urban and rural areas of Myanmar. <br><br>PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data from the Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16 were used in this analysis. In that survey, married women aged between 15 to 49 years were selected for interview using a multistage cluster sampling technique. The dependent variables were domestic violence and the decision-making power of women. Independent variables were age of the respondents, educational level, place of residence, employment status, number of children younger than 5 years of age and wealth index. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Domestic violence and decision-making power of women. SAMPLE SIZE: 7870 currently married women. <br><br>RESULTS: About 50% respondents were 35 to 49 years of age and the mean (SD) age was 35 (8.4) years. Women's place of residence and employment status had a significant impact on decision-making power whereas age group and decision-making power of women had a relationship with domestic violence. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Giving women decision making power will be indispensable for the achievement of sustainable development goals. Government and other stakeholders should emphasize this to eliminate violence against women. LIMITATIONS: Use of secondary data analysis of cross-sectional study design and cross-sectional studies are not suitable design to assess this causality. Secondly the self-reported data on violence may be subject to recall bias. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: None.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0256-4947
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2019.395
ID  - ref1
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