title: "Girl Power!": The Relationship between Women's Autonomy and Children's Immunization Coverage in Ethiopia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although immunizations are efficient and cost effective methods of reducing child mortality, worldwide, approximately 2 million children die yearly of vaccine-preventable diseases. Researchers and health organizations have detailed information on the positive relationship between women's autonomy and children's health outcomes in developing countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study investigates the links between women's household autonomy and children's immunization status using data from a nationally representative sample of children aged 12-30 months (N = 2941) from the 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that women's socioeconomic status and household autonomy were significantly associated with children's immunization status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall, the implications of this study align with those of the Millennium Development Goal #3: improvements in women's household autonomy are linked to more positive child health outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Service Delivery Improvement Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 2100 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA, 22202, USA. jebot@usaid.gov.
authors.forename: Jane O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Ebot
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003906:Developing Countries; D005002:Ethiopia; D005191:Family Characteristics / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000208:ethnology; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014933:Women's Rights; D014944:World Health Organization
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