How Economic Empowerment Reduces Women’s Reproductive Health Vulnerability in Tanzania
基于坦桑尼亚北部数据，分析女性就业和对家庭的经济贡献如何改善其在孕前、孕期和分娩时的医疗使用，发现经济赋权对孕期和分娩时的就医行为有积极影响。
This article uses data from Northern Tanzania to analyse how economic empowerment helps women reduce their reproductive health (RH) vulnerability. It analyses the effect of women’s employment and economic contribution to their household on health care use at three phases in the reproductive cycle: before pregnancy, during pregnancy and at child birth. Economic empowerment shows a positive effect on health seeking behaviour during pregnancy and at child birth, which remains robust after controlling for bargaining power and selection bias. This indicates that any policy that increases women’s economic empowerment can have a direct positive impact on women’s RH.