OBJECTIVE This study explores violence against women in a low-income setting in relation to residency and literacy. SETTING The study was conducted within the Butajira Rural Health Programme (a Health and Demographic Surveillance Site), which includes rural and semi-urban settings in south-central Ethiopia. DESIGN This is a community-based cross-sectional study and is part of the WHO Women'...

CONTEXT Public policies promoting abstinence until marriage attempt to influence the sexual behavior of the more than 18 million American women who are currently single. An analysis of these women's behavior is needed to inform policies that are responsive to their sexual and reproductive health needs. METHODS Sexual behaviors, risk factors and reproductive health needs were examined among a ...

BACKGROUND Child marriage is a substantial barrier to social and economic development in India, and a primary concern for women's health. We assessed the prevalence of child marriage-ie, before 18 years of age-in young adult women in India, and the associations between child marriage and women's fertility and fertility-control outcomes. METHODS Data from the National Family Health Survey-3 (2...

Married men's wage premium is often attributed to within-household specialization: men can devote more effort to wage-earning when their wives assume responsibility for household labor. We provide a comprehensive evaluation of the specialization hypothesis, arguing that, if specialization causes the male marriage premium, married women should experience wage losses. Furthermore, specialization ...

OBJECTIVES This report presents nationally representative estimates and trends for infertility and impaired fecundity-two measures of fertility problems-among women aged 15-44 in the United States. Data are also presented on a measure of infertility among men aged 15-44. METHODS Data for this report come primarily from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), which consisted of ...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study are: (1) to estimate the prevalence of unmet need for family planning among married women using Botswana Family Health Survey 2007 data and (2) to identify risk factors for unmet need for family planning among married women. DESIGN This study used secondary data from a cross-sectional survey that was conducted to provide a snapshot of health issues in B...