Table 3.10 Percentage of women who say that they alone or jointly have the final say in specific decisions,
by background characteristics, Philippines 2003
(Women's participation in decisionmaking by background characteristics)
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Alone or jointly have final say in:
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Own Making Making Visits to What food All None of the Number
Background health large daily family or to cook specified specified of
characteristic care purchases purchases relatives each day decisions decisions women
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Age
15-19 67.0 15.9 18.5 33.3 22.3 11.3 26.3 2,648
20-24 86.0 45.2 50.3 63.7 53.6 33.2 7.5 2,209
25-29 92.4 66.8 74.8 79.7 76.5 54.5 2.4 2,034
30-34 94.9 75.0 83.5 83.6 85.6 62.8 1.3 1,954
35-39 94.8 81.2 88.6 87.7 90.7 70.0 1.0 1,873
40-44 95.9 84.1 90.8 90.4 90.8 74.0 0.7 1,564
45-49 94.3 81.1 88.9 89.5 92.1 71.7 1.1 1,351
Marital status
Never married 74.3 22.0 23.7 40.3 26.3 14.7 19.9 4,388
Married/living together 94.1 78.0 86.9 87.0 89.3 66.5 1.1 8,671
Divorced/not living together 93.2 73.9 74.9 83.1 75.6 62.6 3.8 373
Widowed 96.4 85.8 90.3 92.8 89.4 82.0 1.4 201
Number of living children
0 76.5 28.5 31.1 45.9 33.3 20.3 17.5 5,012
1-2 93.6 74.7 82.9 85.2 84.6 62.6 1.9 3,747
3-4 94.9 80.1 89.9 88.5 92.0 69.8 0.7 2,961
5+ 94.5 82.5 89.5 88.5 94.0 72.1 0.6 1,912
Residence
Urban 88.2 57.3 64.0 70.3 65.3 47.2 7.1 7,877
Rural 87.0 63.6 69.4 74.2 73.3 53.7 7.3 5,756
Region
National Capital Region 91.8 59.3 64.9 71.5 66.1 50.1 5.1 2,387
Cordillera Admin Region 89.4 59.1 68.6 75.0 71.6 50.3 4.5 216
I - Ilocos Region 87.4 56.8 62.1 70.0 69.5 45.7 7.1 642
II - Cagayan Valley 96.0 75.1 80.5 80.4 78.7 67.7 2.3 426
III - Central Luzon 87.1 60.4 68.7 73.3 68.5 51.7 7.4 1,459
IVA - Calabarzon 87.1 58.4 66.1 72.8 66.9 49.2 7.8 1,890
IVB - Mimaropa 86.9 70.7 78.1 81.0 81.6 62.2 6.6 340
V - Bicol Region 86.9 57.2 62.3 66.8 63.2 44.5 8.4 713
VI - Western Visayas 65.0 51.4 61.6 66.0 66.0 42.6 22.1 910
VII - Central Visayas 86.4 60.8 66.6 69.4 70.3 47.9 8.3 1,070
VIII - Eastern Visayas 91.7 56.6 58.3 72.4 64.1 49.4 4.6 555
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 91.6 70.2 70.5 77.4 76.3 60.4 3.8 465
X - Northern Mindanao 93.1 57.7 62.5 63.1 66.2 44.2 4.0 565
XI - Davao Peninsula 90.4 55.5 61.8 71.2 64.9 40.0 4.9 654
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 87.1 64.8 73.9 79.0 75.1 55.3 6.1 524
ARMM 93.7 66.9 70.2 73.0 71.0 52.7 3.4 327
Caraga 89.9 62.9 68.5 76.4 75.6 57.5 5.6 489
Education
No education 88.0 72.7 80.8 82.8 85.2 64.9 7.0 186
Elementary 90.4 71.7 77.9 80.9 81.9 61.2 3.6 3,146
High school 84.1 52.5 59.6 65.7 63.1 44.1 10.6 6,109
College or higher 91.0 61.5 66.7 73.9 66.2 49.4 5.0 4,192
Wealth index quintile
Lowest 88.0 68.2 73.8 77.7 80.7 58.7 6.0 2,161
Second 88.3 64.8 72.8 74.5 76.5 54.9 6.9 2,412
Middle 87.3 62.1 69.0 73.9 71.1 52.4 7.0 2,682
Fourth 87.1 57.3 64.5 70.2 65.3 47.5 7.5 2,940
Highest 88.0 52.0 56.4 66.6 56.7 41.1 8.1 3,438
Employment
Not employed 83.8 52.3 59.5 65.8 64.2 44.2 10.3 7,399
Employed for cash 93.0 68.0 73.2 79.2 72.0 55.9 3.4 5,198
Employed not for cash 89.7 74.9 79.9 79.5 84.8 61.1 3.9 1,004
Missing 86.3 61.6 71.8 77.1 67.8 50.6 8.1 32
Total 87.7 60.0 66.3 72.0 68.7 49.9 7.2 13,633
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Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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