Women‘s participation in decisions being made in their own households, that is households in which they usually live with their spouse and/or children with or without others, is widely accepted as a universal indicator of women‘s empowerment. The ability of women to make decisions that affect their personal circumstances is an essential element of their empowerment and serves as an important contributor to their overall development.
Decision maker about a woman's visits to her family or relatives: someone else (% of women age 15-49)
Decision maker about a woman's visits to her family or relatives: someone else is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for visits to her family or relatives is mainly someone else
Decision maker about Visits to her family or relatives: someone else is the number of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for visits to her family or relatives is mainly someone else, expressed as percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 who have been interviewed.