Browsing by Author "Doctama, John Vincent D."
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Item Restricted Does women's autonomy matter in the Philippines?: modeling fertility using a generalized poisson regression model(2025-05-29) Doctama, John Vincent D.; Ordinario, Jenny Mae A.; Sabarillo, Anthony G.This study sheds light on how women’s autonomy specifically (i) autonomy from gender norms or gender norms autonomy, (ii) autonomy for decision-making within a household or household decision-making autonomy, and (iii) autonomy in sexual decision-making or sexual autonomy—influence fertility outcomes. Using the 2022 NDHS data and a Generalized Poisson regression model, results suggest that gender role norms autonomy predicts variations in fertility in the Philippines even after controlling for confounders and socio-demographic variables. Household decision- making autonomy is found to be significant when interacted with household economic status and the female respondent’s education. Sexual autonomy is also found to be significant when interacted with religion. These findings underscore how various dimensions of women’s autonomy shape fertility outcomes in a developing-country context.