Women participating in the three decisions

Women participating in the three decisions (own health care, major household purchases, and visiting family) is the percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 who say that they alone or jointly have the final say in all of the three decisions (own health care, large purchases and visits to family, relatives, and friends). Reported as: own health care, major household purchases, and visiting family.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
70
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    Demographic & Health Surveys

    Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, uri: https://api.dhsprogram.com/#/index.html, note: Indicator code from the original source: WE_DMAK_W_3DC; Indicator name from the original source: Final say in all of the decisions [Women], publisher: The DHS program (ICF), type: API, date accessed: 2023-08-18

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Jordan202378.30percent
Mozambique202351.20percent
Cambodia202287.80percent
Ghana202255.60percent
Kenya202266.20percent
Nepal202247.80percent
Philippines202284.80percent
Tanzania, United Republic of202254.60percent
Burkina Faso202115.90percent
Côte d'Ivoire202131.50percent

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