Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Tirivayi J.N. 
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT
Title: Widowhood and barriers to seeking health care in Uganda
Abstract: This study examined whether widowhood was associated with experiencing  barriers to seeking health care in Uganda. Data from 8674 women aged between 15 and 49 years in the 2011 Uganda Demographic Health Survey, were analysed using multivariable logistic  regression models.  Compared to other women, widows were more likely to identify getting  money for treatment and not wanting to visit health facilities alone as  barriers. The odds for encountering barriers were higher for poor and  uneducated widows and to some extent for non-poor widows and those with  a basic education. Widows are at greater risk of experiencing barriers to health care  seeking than other women and may require special consideration in poor  countries.
Keywords: Health and Inequality; Welfare and Poverty: General; 
Classification-JEL: I14; I30; .
Series:  Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2014
Number: 067
File-URL: http://pub.maastrichtuniversity.nl/5067e459-92fb-4ad1-8ef2-010a230fd78c
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275354
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014067