Table 3 Distribution of women by their age difference and decision making, 2016 EDHS
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Decision maker for using contraception (n = 2788) | Mainly respondent | 523 | 18.8 |
Mainly husband, partner | 154 | 5.5 | |
Joint decision | 2108 | 75.6 | |
Other | 3 | .1 | |
Person who usually decides on respondent’s health care | Respondent alone | 760 | 10.5 |
Respondent and husband/partner | 5163 | 71.0 | |
Husband/partner alone | 1322 | 18.2 | |
Other | 22 | .3 | |
Who decides how to spend respondent’s earnings(n = 1388) | Respondent alone | 318 | 22.9 |
Respondent and husband/partner | 949 | 68.4 | |
Husband/partner alone | 121 | 8.7 | |
Age of the husbands’ to women’s | Negative (Age of wife is greater) | 208 | 2.9 |
Age of husband is equal to that of wife | 158 | 2.2 | |
Age of husband is greater by ≤10 years | 5710 | 78.6 | |
Age of husband is greater by >10 years | 1192 | 16.4 |