Safer Sex Negotiation Among Ghanaian Women in Sexual Unions : Does Women’s Household Decision-Making Capacity Matter?

Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES; Bright Opoku AHINKORAH; Wonder AGBEMAVI; Dickson Okoree MIREKU; Abdul-Aziz SEIDU

doi:10.1007/s10508-023-02546-1

Safer Sex Negotiation Among Ghanaian Women in Sexual Unions : Does Women’s Household Decision-Making Capacity Matter?

Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES^*, Bright Opoku AHINKORAH, Wonder AGBEMAVI, Dickson Okoree MIREKU, Abdul-Aziz SEIDU

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Department of Sociology and Social Policy

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Abstract

Women’s ability to negotiate for safer sex has been found to be dependent on their household decision making power. However, there is paucity of studies investigating the association between women’s household decision making power and safer sex negotiation in Ghana. Thus, we examined the association between women’s household decision making autonomy and safer sex negotiation among Ghanaian women in sexual unions using the 2014 Ghana’s Demographic and Health Survey. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and multivariable logistic regression models were performed. Statistical significance was set at p

Original language	English
Journal	Archives of Sexual Behavior
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02546-1
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 24 Feb 2023

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Keywords

Empowerment
HIV and AIDS
Household decision-making capacity
Safer sex negotiation
Women in sexual unions

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