Ownership of assets, particularly high-value assets, has many beneficial effects for households, including protection against financial ruin. For women in particular, asset ownership is a source of economic empowerment and provides protection in the case of marital dissolution or abandonment. There is increasing evidence that ownership of property by women has positive consequences for women’s empowerment, nutritional and health outcomes, and children’s schooling.
Women who own a house both alone and jointly (% of women age 15-49): Q2
Women who own house both alone and jointly (% of women age 15-49): Q2 is the percentage of women age 15-49 who alone as well as jointly with someone else own a house which is legally registered with their name or cannot be sold without their signature. "Both alone and jointly" Implies a woman owns a house alone and another house jointly with someone else. Each wealth quintile represents one fifth of households with quintile 1 being the poorest 20 percent of households and quintile 5 being the richest 20 percent of households.
Women who own house both alone and jointly is the number of women age 15-49 who say the type of houses they own are the one they own alone as well as the one they own jointly with someone else, expressed as percentage of women age 15-49 who have been interviewed. ‘Ownership’ implies that the house is legally registered in the woman’s name or, since official property records do not always exist or are not maintained, the house is recognized as hers and cannot be sold without her signature or equivalent. ‘House’ includes all dwelling types including apartments, duplexes, and houses that are semi-detached or detached, etc., as well as other types of dwellings that are specific to country.