Women participating in the three decisions (own health care, major household purchases, and visiting family) (% of women age 15-49)

✦ DISCOVERED BY ORIONAITABLEDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, uri: https://api.dhsprogram.com/#/index.html, note: Indicator code from the original source: WE_DMAK_W_3DC; Indicator name from the original source: Final say in all of the decisions [Women], publisher: The DHS program (ICF), type: API, date accessed: 2023-08-18HealthGlobal
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About this dataset

Women participating in the three decisions (own health care, major household purchases, and visiting family) is the percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 who say that they alone or jointly have the final say in all of the three decisions (own health care, large purchases and visits to family, relatives, and friends).

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE2023Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW2023Africa Western and Central
ARB2023Arab World
CSS2023Caribbean small states
CEB2023Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR2023Early-demographic dividend
EAS2023East Asia & Pacific
EAP2023East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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