Level of Autonomy and Antenatal Services Utilization among the Women of Reproductive age Group Residing in an Urban Municipality of Lalitpur

Introduction: Antenatal care is one of the pillars a safe motherhood programme in improving maternal and child health. Women’s autonomy seen as an important factor utilization health services. Therefore, objective study was to find level antenatal services among women reproductive age group. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design used. total 151 group having at least less than year were selected using non probability purposive sampling technique from four randomly wards Godawari Municipality. validated pretested Nepali version interview schedule used collect data respondents through door-to-door visit. Descriptive statistics such frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation inferential i.e. Fisher’s exact test analyze data. Results: The findings revealed that majority (58.3%) had lower overall autonomy. highest decision making lowest financial related issues. Almost all (96%) fully utilized There significant association between with women’s (p-value 0.041). Education their husbands 0.009 0.013 respectively) well easy access facilities availability private transportation 0.005 0.039 significantly associated Conclusions: This concludes women’ tends influence utilization. Likewise, education facilitate also vehicles facilitates