Table 3.8 Percent distribution of women employed in the 12 months preceding the survey receiving cash earnings by person
who decides how earnings are to be used and by proportion of household expenditures met by earnings,
according to background characteristics, Philippines 2003
(Decision on use of earnings and contribution of earnings to household expenditures)
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Person who decides how earnings are used Proportion of household expenditures met by earnings
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Someone Almost Less Half Number
Background Self Jointly1 else Total none/ than or All Total of
characteristic only only2 none half more women
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Age
15-19 80.4 9.1 10.6 100.0 22.3 23.4 48.6 5.7 100.0 616
20-24 80.2 15.2 4.6 100.0 19.0 26.7 45.0 9.2 100.0 1,002
25-29 72.6 22.9 4.5 100.0 9.4 27.2 46.2 17.2 100.0 949
30-34 64.6 29.8 5.3 100.0 7.0 16.8 46.6 29.4 100.0 941
35-39 68.6 26.0 5.2 100.0 6.8 18.1 45.1 29.9 100.0 941
40-44 68.5 27.9 3.4 100.0 5.9 14.7 41.4 37.7 100.0 792
45-49 68.8 25.6 5.1 100.0 5.6 15.6 43.0 35.3 100.0 711
Marital status
Never married 89.9 4.7 5.3 100.0 19.5 28.3 46.6 5.6 100.0 1,811
Married/living together 60.4 33.6 5.8 100.0 6.8 17.7 45.3 30.0 100.0 3,763
Divorced/not living together 97.7 0.8 1.2 100.0 6.2 16.9 36.1 40.7 100.0 242
Widowed 99.4 0.6 0.0 100.0 5.9 5.8 37.7 50.6 100.0 136
Number of living children
0 85.1 9.2 5.7 100.0 17.9 27.3 47.4 7.3 100.0 2,140
1-2 65.5 29.3 5.1 100.0 8.3 18.9 48.2 24.6 100.0 1,657
3-4 64.5 30.1 5.1 100.0 5.6 15.9 42.4 35.9 100.0 1,307
5+ 61.8 32.8 5.0 100.0 4.7 14.3 37.6 43.1 100.0 847
Residence
Urban 75.3 19.2 5.3 100.0 11.9 21.8 45.4 20.6 100.0 3,800
Rural 65.6 29.0 5.3 100.0 8.4 18.5 44.6 28.5 100.0 2,152
Region
National Capital Region 80.1 14.5 5.2 100.0 16.5 28.4 42.8 12.3 100.0 1256
Cordillera Admin Region 69.5 20.6 9.9 100.0 9.9 19.7 46.0 24.4 100.0 85
I - Ilocos Region 70.7 22.7 6.5 100.0 7.7 13.9 43.5 35.0 100.0 248
II - Cagayan Valley 56.9 36.6 6.5 100.0 6.0 15.1 47.4 31.5 100.0 177
III - Central Luzon 66.7 28.1 4.9 100.0 6.3 15.2 38.7 39.6 100.0 597
IVA - Calabarzon 69.3 25.8 4.9 100.0 10.8 17.5 42.9 28.8 100.0 847
IVB - Mimaropa 64.2 30.9 5.0 100.0 14.0 17.0 33.0 35.3 100.0 114
V - Bicol Region 77.9 17.6 4.6 100.0 8.8 16.1 46.4 28.6 100.0 301
VI - Western Visayas 80.0 12.3 7.7 100.0 6.0 33.3 43.2 17.4 100.0 464
VII - Central Visayas 77.1 17.3 5.6 100.0 7.2 14.0 55.6 23.2 100.0 399
VIII - Eastern Visayas 74.8 19.7 5.5 100.0 6.0 16.9 52.0 25.1 100.0 188
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 76.8 20.2 3.0 100.0 12.4 9.7 52.8 25.1 100.0 147
X - Northern Mindanao 68.5 26.9 3.7 100.0 21.0 25.2 40.7 12.2 100.0 296
XI - Davao Peninsula 81.7 15.3 3.0 100.0 11.8 18.3 50.6 19.3 100.0 246
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 55.3 38.2 6.6 100.0 5.9 23.3 62.0 8.9 100.0 250
ARMM 61.6 33.0 3.3 100.0 8.9 16.9 32.2 39.9 100.0 168
Caraga 36.3 57.2 6.5 100.0 5.6 13.0 55.4 26.1 100.0 169
Education
No education 49.6 42.4 7.0 100.0 4.9 7.9 51.0 35.3 100.0 79
Elementary 67.1 25.9 6.7 100.0 8.5 14.4 42.4 34.4 100.0 1,295
High school 73.4 21.0 5.6 100.0 11.4 20.5 44.8 23.2 100.0 2,289
College or higher 73.6 22.1 4.2 100.0 11.3 24.6 46.8 17.2 100.0 2,289
Total 71.8 22.7 5.3 100.0 10.6 20.6 45.1 23.5 100.0 5,952
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Notes: Total includes women with missing information.
1 With husband or someone else
2 Includes husband
Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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