| Percentage of Ever-Married Women Involved in Household Decision Making, Percentage with Freedom of Movement and Percentage with Access to Money by Selected Background Characteristics in India (1998-1999) | |||||||||
| Background Characteristic | Percentage not involved in any decision making | % involved in decision making on | % who do not need permission to | % with access to money | Number of women | ||||
| What to cook | Own health care | Purchasing jewellery, 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 | |||||||||
| Residence | |||||||||
| Urban | |||||||||
| Rural | |||||||||
| Education | |||||||||
| Illiterate | |||||||||
| Literate, < middle school complete | |||||||||
| Middle school complete | |||||||||
| High school complete and above | |||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||
| Hindu | |||||||||
| Muslim | |||||||||
| Christian | |||||||||
| Sikh | |||||||||
| Jain | |||||||||
| Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist | |||||||||
| Other | |||||||||
| No religion | |||||||||
| Caste tribe | |||||||||
| Scheduled caste | |||||||||
| Scheduled tribe | |||||||||
| Other backward class | |||||||||
| Other | |||||||||
| Cash employment | |||||||||
| Working for cash | |||||||||
| Working but not for Gash | |||||||||
| Not worked in past 12 months | |||||||||
| Standard of living index | |||||||||
| Low | |||||||||
| Medium | |||||||||
| High | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
