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Women’s Empowerment Status in Menopausal Transition: A Cross-sectional Study
Background: Women’s empowerment status in menopausal transition is of great importance due to
the increasing trend of life expectancy and population aging. This study was conducted to evaluate the
empowerment status of women during the menopausal transition in Gonabad, Iran.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Gonabad city in Northeast of Iran from April
2017 to March 2018. Cluster sampling was used for selecting 680 women who were in the menopausal
transition. Demographic questionnaire and Women’s Empowerment Status Questionnaire - a
researcher-made questionnaire- was used for data collection. Pearson’s correlation coefficient, oneway ANOVA, and linear regression were used to analyze the data using SPSS version 16; A p-value
less than 0.05 was considered as significant.
Results: The majority of the participants 510 (76.10%) had a high empowerment level. A high
empowerment status in the family, economic, social, and health domains was observed in 499
(74.50%), 534 (79.70%), 523 (78.05%), and 493 (73.60%) participants, respectively. The majority of the
participants had moderate empowerment status in political 427 (70.40%) and religious domains 464
(69.30%). There was a negative correlation between the total empowerment score and the participants’
age (P
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