title: Women’s participation in decision making
unit_of_measure: Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 participating in specific decisions
linearized_input: Women’s participation in decision making | Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 participating in specific decisions | (Participate in none of these decisions, 49) (Participate in all 3 decisions, 33) (Visits to family or relatives, 44) (Major household purchases, 38) (Woman’s own health care, 46)
table_text: One-third (33%) of currently married women age 15-49 participate in all three specified household decisions either alone or jointly with their husbands. Women are more likely to participate in decisions about their own health care (46%) and visits to their family or relatives (44%) than in decisions about major household purchases (38%). Almost half (49%) of currently married women do not participate in any of the three decisions
target: One-third (33%) of currently married women age 15-49 participate in all three specified household decisions either alone or jointly with their husbands.