Percentage of Currently Married Women Age 15-49 who usually Make Specific Decisions Either by Themselves or Jointly with their Husband by Background Characteristics in India (2005-2006) | |||||||
Background Characteristic | %age of Women who usually Make Specific Decisions Alone or Jointly | %age who Participate in All Four Decisions | %age who Participate in None of Four Decisions | No. of Women | |||
Own Health Care | Making Major Household Purchases | Making Purchases for Daily Household Needs | Visits to her Family or Relatives | ||||
Age | |||||||
15-19 | |||||||
20-24 | |||||||
25-29 | |||||||
30-39 | |||||||
40-49 | |||||||
Residence | |||||||
Urban | |||||||
Rural | |||||||
Education | |||||||
No education | |||||||
<5 years complete | |||||||
5-7 years complete | |||||||
8-9 years complete | |||||||
10-11 years complete | |||||||
12 or more years complete | |||||||
Husband`s Education | |||||||
No education | |||||||
<5 years complete | |||||||
5-7 years complete | |||||||
8-9 years complete | |||||||
10-11 years complete | |||||||
12 or more years complete | |||||||
Employment (Past 12 Months) | |||||||
Employed | |||||||
Employed, for cash | |||||||
Employed, not for cash | |||||||
Not employed | |||||||
Number of Living Children | |||||||
0 | |||||||
1-2 | |||||||
3-4 | |||||||
5 + | |||||||
Household Structure1 | |||||||
Nuclear | |||||||
Non-nuclear | |||||||
Religion | |||||||
Hindu | |||||||
Muslim | |||||||
Christian | |||||||
Sikh | |||||||
Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist | |||||||
Jain | |||||||
Other | |||||||
Caste/Tribe | |||||||
Scheduled caste | |||||||
Scheduled tribe | |||||||
Other backward class | |||||||
Other | |||||||
Don`t know | |||||||
Wealth Index | |||||||
Lowest | |||||||
Second | |||||||
Middle | |||||||
Fourth | |||||||
Highest | |||||||
Total |