1) Percent distribution of currently married men age 15-49 receiving cash earnings by person who decides how husband’s cash earnings are used.
2) Percent distribution of currently married women age 15-49 whose husbands receive cash earnings, by person who decides how husband’s cash earnings are used.
Coverage:
Population base: Number of currently married men and women age 15-49 (MR file, IR file)
Time period: 12 months preceding the survey
Numerators:
1) Number of currently married men age 15-49 receiving cash earnings (mainly wife, wife and husband, mainly husband, other, missing) (mv739)
2) Number of currently married women age 15-49 whose husbands received cash earnings (mainly wife, wife and husband, mainly husband, other, missing) (v743f)
Denominators:
a) Number of currently married men age 15-49 receiving cash earnings for work in the past 12 months (mv502 = 1 & mv731 in 1:2 & mv741 in 1:2)
b) Number of currently married women age 15-49 whose husband received cash earnings in the past 12 months (v502 = 1 & v746 ≠ 4 & v743f ≠ 7)
Variables: MR file, IR file.
|
mv502 |
Currently/formerly/never in union (men) |
|
mv731 |
Respondent worked in last 12 months (men) |
|
mv739 |
Person who usually decides how to spend respondent's earnings (men) |
|
mv741 |
Type of earnings from respondent's work (men) |
|
mv005 |
Man's sample weight |
|
v502 |
Currently/formerly/never in union (women) |
|
v743f |
Person who usually decides what to do with money husband earns (women) |
|
v746 |
Respondent earns more than husband/partner (women) |
|
v005 |
Woman's sample weight |
Numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100.
Missing and “don’t know” responses on whether worked in last 12 months or whether paid in cash are excluded from both numerator and denominator. Missing and “don’t know” responses on how husband’s earnings are spent are reported in a separate category in the percent distribution.
Employed women and men receiving cash earnings includes women and men who were paid in cash only or were paid in cash and kind.
There have been no significant changes over time in the questions that contribute to this indicator or the indicator.
Jennings, L., M. Na, M. Cherewick, M. Hindin, B. Mullany, and S. Ahmed. 2014. "Women’s empowerment and male involvement in antenatal care: analyses of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in selected African countries." BMC pregnancy and childbirth 14, no. 1: 297.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Tables 15.2.2
API Indicator IDs:
Women:
EM_MERN_W_WIF, EM_MERN_W_JNT, EM_MERN_W_HUS, EM_MERN_W_OTH, EM_MERN_W_DKM
Men:
EM_MERN_M_WIF, EM_MERN_M_JNT, EM_MERN_M_HUS, EM_MERN_M_OTH, EM_MERN_M_DKM
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