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HOUSEHOLD DECISION MAKING

Decision making can be a complex process, and the ability of women to make decisions that affect their personal circumstances is an essential aspect of their empowerment. The role of women in decision making varies according to the type of decision.

When surveyed about participation in three types of household decisions: their own health care, making major household purchases, and visits to family or relatives, only 6 percent of currently married women make decisions themselves on their own health care, while three in five women report that their husbands mainly make such decisions. Sixty-two percent of women say that the husband is the main decision maker on large household purchases, while 32 percent say that they and their husband jointly make such decisions. Fifty-two percent of women report that decisions to visit family or relatives are made mainly by their husbands.

The states were ranked by the percentage of women who say that they have no say in any of the major decision making regarding the household.
2020 MIND THE GAP REPORT RANKINGS FOR HOUSEHOLD DECISION MAKING



RANK
STATE
FEMALE POPULATION*
PROPORTION OF WOMEN WHO HAD NO SAY IN HOUSEHOLD DECISION MAKING*
#1


2,973,862
1.5%
#2


1,864,761
2.1%
#2


4,521,897
2.1%
#4


2,067,622
6.9%
#5


2,807,748
7.8%
#6


2,823,517
8%
#7


2,877,924
8.1%
#8


1,871,745
11%
#9


6,492,104
11.2%
#10


3,686,148
12.3%
#11


2,526,449
15.7%
#12


3,071,957
16.2%
#13


2,644,133
16.4%
#14


1,555,822
17.9%
#15


1,400,709
18.6%
#16


2,044,612
20.9%
#17


2,385,531
22.4%
#18


1,720,950
23.7%
#19


1,974,332
26.3%
#20


2,562,975
34%
#21


3,902,903
37.4%
#22


1,968,398
38.6%
#23


4,029,147
39.9%
#24


2,921,563
43.8%
#25


2,108,188
44.2%
#26


2,872,722
45.3%
#27


3,050,638
46.6%
#28


2,016,822
46.8%
#29


2,752,772
48.3%
#30


1,491,952
52.6%
#31


6,212,434
56.7%
#32


3,263,362
57.2%
#33


1,284,487
58.4%
#34


1,448,461
67.8%
#35


2,012,653
88.2%
#36


1,264,017
88.3%
#37


2,258,444
88.8%


* - 2018 Estimates



Source:
National Bureau of Statistics
The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program
Kingmakers.com.ng Calculations



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