Table 1 Summary of Decision Making and Access to Health Care Indicators from Demographic and Health Surveys
Participation in decision making about a woman’s own health care (% of currently married or in union women age 15–49) | Person who decides how wife’s cash earnings are used (% of currently married or in union women age 15–49 who received cash earnings for employment in the 12 months preceding the survey) | Women’s problems accessing health care for themselves when they are sick (% of women age 15–49) | ||||||||
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Country | Year | Mainly Husband | Wife and husband jointly | Mainly wife | Mainly Husband | Wife and husband jointly | Mainly wife | Getting perm-ission to go for treatment | Getting money for treatment | Not wanting to go alone |
Tanzania [37] | 2010 | 38.1 | 45 | 15.3 | 16.6 | 47.2 | 35.9 | 2.4 | 24.1 | 10.5 |
Tanzania [38] | 2015/ 2016 | 27.5 | 56.4 | 15.7 | 8.6 | 55.3 | 36.1 | 14.3 | 49.5 | 29.9 |
Burundi [39] | 2010 | 22.6 | 63.6 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 65.1 | 22.0 | 37.3 | 77.0 | 41.1 |
Kenya [39] | 2014 | 20.9 | 40.1 | 38.6 | 8.7 | 41.2 | 49.4 | 6.0 | 36.7 | 10.6 |
Rwanda [39] | 2014/ 2015 | 16.0 | 60.1 | 23.2 | 12.4 | 67.5 | 19.5 | 2.7 | 49.3 | 17.6 |
Uganda [39] | 2011 | 39.1 | 36.9 | 23.3 | 14.3 | 30.9 | 52.7 | 5.5 | 48.8 | 22.4 |