Table 3 Distribution of women’s empowerment indicators and male accompaniment to ANC by country
Women’s empowerment indicators | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Malawi | Mozambique | Rwanda | Senegal | Uganda | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 |
Sample size | 2,490 | 1,042 | 1,353 | 414 | 1,211 | 505 | 428 | 459 |
Percent (%) women responding affirmatively | ||||||||
Economic | ||||||||
Earns income ≥ male partner | 2.0 | 4.1 | 13.6 | 8.1 | 21.2 | 11.1 | 13.0 | 35.4 |
Has say on own income use | 37.9 | 11.4 | 25.7 | 21.9 | 57.2 | 73.2 | 55.2 | 87.4 |
Has say on partner’s income use | 5.5 | 63.2 | 29.1 | 48.1 | 69.4 | 21.4 | 48.6 | 85.0 |
Has say on household purchases | 15.7 | 53.1 | 28.1 | 58.2 | 66.8 | 30.3 | 57.0 | 90.4 |
Mean economic sub-score | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
(out of 4 total points) (±SD) | (±0.03) | (±0.04) | (±0.04) | (±0.1) | (±0.04) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) |
% women > weighted mean | 45.3 | 48.1 | 53.5 | 45.6 | 44.0 | 37.7 | 57.4 | 79.6 |
Socio-familial | ||||||||
Has say on visits to family | 48.6 | 75.6 | 60.9 | 72.7 | 80.6 | 44.6 | 59.0 | 85.4 |
Has say on decisions about | ||||||||
health care for herself | 17.5 | 75.7 | 51.7 | 70.4 | 72.1 | 33.9 | 60.5 | 86.1 |
Agrees domestic violence by | ||||||||
husband is never justified | 52.9 | 26.5 | 86.5 | 70.6 | 40.9 | 33.0 | 43.1 | 55.0 |
Mean socioc-familal sub-score | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
(out of 3 total points) (±SD) | (±0.03) | (±0.03) | (±0.03) | (±0.1) | (±0.03) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) |
% women > weighted mean | 32.9 | 68.7 | 66.8 | 40.9 | 73.2 | 36.8 | 58.2 | 45.2 |
Legal | ||||||||
Owns house alone or jointly | 39.0 | 88.2 | 82.5 | 88.1 | 83.4 | 12.9 | 64.5 | 52.3 |
Owns land alone or jointly | 43.6 | 79.0 | 52.1 | 79.1 | 83.2 | 16.5 | 59.3 | 53.0 |
Mean legal sub-score | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
(out of 2 total points) (±SD) | (±0.03) | (±0.03) | (±0.03) | (±0.03) | (±0.02) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) |
% women > weighted mean | 52.5 | 74.3 | 44.3 | 75.0 | 75.6 | 19.8 | 47.8 | 44.3 |
Total Empowerment Score | 2.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 6.3 |
[9 total points]; mean (±SD) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) |
% women > weighted mean | 49.2 | 59.8 | 42.6 | 46.7 | 61.8 | 48.9 | 53.7 | 48.9 |
Male partner ANC accompaniment (%) | 45.2 | 18.2 | 41.0 | 44.2 | 86.8 | 31.8 | 49.7 | 32.4 |