| Percentage of Ever Married Women Involved in Household Decision Making, Percentage With Freedom of Movement, and Percentage Access to Money by Background Characteristics in Maharashtra (1999) | |||||||||
| Background Characteristic | Percen- tage not Involved Ermission to : In Any What Decision- making | Percentage Involved in Decisionmaking on | Percentage who do not Need | Percentage with Access to Money | Number of Women | ||||
| What to Cook | Own Health Care | Purchasing Jewelry, etc. | Staying with her Parents/ Siblings | Go to the Market | Visit Friends/ Relatives | ||||
| Age | |||||||||
| 15-19 | |||||||||
| 20-24 | |||||||||
| 25-29 | |||||||||
| 30-34 | |||||||||
| 35-39 | |||||||||
| 40-44 | |||||||||
| 45-49 | |||||||||
| Resident | |||||||||
| Urban | |||||||||
| Rural | |||||||||
| Mumbai | |||||||||
| Slum | |||||||||
| Non-Slum | |||||||||
| Education | |||||||||
| Illiterate | |||||||||
Literate | | | | | | | | | | |
| Middle School Complete | |||||||||
| High School Complete and Above | |||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||
| Hindu | |||||||||
| Muslim | |||||||||
| Christian | |||||||||
| Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist | |||||||||
| Jain | |||||||||
| Other | |||||||||
| Caste/Tribe | |||||||||
| Scheduled Caste | |||||||||
| Scheduled Tribe | |||||||||
| Other Backward Class | |||||||||
| Other | |||||||||
| Cash Employment | |||||||||
| Working for Cash | |||||||||
| Working but not for Cash | |||||||||
| Not Worked in Past 12 Months | |||||||||
| Standard of Living Index | |||||||||
| Low | |||||||||
| Medium | |||||||||
| High | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
