Factors affecting utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among women with disabilities- a mixed-method cross-sectional study from Ilam district, Nepal

Table 7 Empowerment level of respondents and their association with utilization of SRH services (n = 384)

Characteristics	Utilization of SRH services		p-value	Crude OR (95%CI)
Characteristics	Yes n (%)	No n (%)	p-value	Crude OR (95%CI)
Involvement in household decision making
Participate in all decisions	44(29.5)	105(70.5)	0.000*	6.1(3.272–11.545)
No participation	15(6.4)	220(93.6)		Ref
Membership in the community group
Yes	39(21.0)	147(79.0)	0.004*	2.4(1.320–4.224)
No	20(10.1)	178(89.9)		Ref
Earn cash or in-kind
Yes	36(41.9)	50(58.1)	0.000*	8.6(4.707–15.745)
No	23(7.7)	275(92.3)		Ref
Ownership of house/land
Yes	10(21.7)	36(78.3)	0.205	1.6(0.764–3.515)
No	49(14.5)	289(85.5)		Ref
Women empowerment^a
Moderately and highly empowered	40(27.8)	104(72.2)	0.000*	4.5(2.471–8.101)
Low empowered	19(7.9)	221(92.1)		Ref

The crude odds ratio is the odds ratio that identifies the association between variables with the use of SRH services. The variable for which p-value is less than 0.05(*) is considered significant
Ref reference group
^aWomen’s empowerment was a composite index of women empowerment comprising involvement in household decision-making, membership in the community group, cash earning, ownership of house/land and educational status of women [30]

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