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Women’s perception <strong>of</strong> how much they earn vis-à-vis their husb<strong>and</strong> could also impact how<br />

empowered they feel. Thirty-five percent <strong>of</strong> women believe that they earn less than their husb<strong>and</strong>,<br />

27 percent believe that they earn as much as their husb<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> 26 percent believe that they earn<br />

more.<br />

Women age 20-24, women with any education, women with fewer children, women in the<br />

highest wealth quintile, <strong>and</strong> urban women are more likely than their counterparts to report that they<br />

believe that they earn more than their husb<strong>and</strong>s.<br />

15.3 CONTROL OVER MEN’S CASH EARNINGS<br />

Currently married men age 15-49 who receive cash earnings <strong>and</strong> currently married women<br />

age 15-49 whose husb<strong>and</strong>s receive cash earnings were asked who decides how the husb<strong>and</strong>’s cash<br />

earnings are spent. Table 15.2.2 shows that 22 percent <strong>of</strong> men <strong>and</strong> 26 percent <strong>of</strong> women say that the<br />

wife mainly decides how the husb<strong>and</strong>’s earnings are used. Three in four men (75 percent) <strong>and</strong> more<br />

than two in three women (68 percent) say that the husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> wife decide jointly how the husb<strong>and</strong>’s<br />

cash earnings are used. Younger couples are less likely to share control over the husb<strong>and</strong>’s earnings as<br />

reported by men. Rural men <strong>and</strong> women are more likely to say that decisions about how the husb<strong>and</strong>’s<br />

cash earnings are spent are made jointly by the husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> wife.<br />

In general, men who have higher education <strong>and</strong> those in the middle wealth quintile are more<br />

likely to make decisions jointly about the use <strong>of</strong> the husb<strong>and</strong>’s cash earnings, while more men in the<br />

highest wealth quintile said that their wife solely makes the decision (26 percent). This holds true for<br />

women also, as 37 percent <strong>of</strong> women in the highest wealth quintile said that they are responsible for<br />

deciding on the use <strong>of</strong> their husb<strong>and</strong>s’ income, compared with 21 percent in the lowest wealth<br />

quintile.<br />

206 | Women’s Empowerment <strong>and</strong> <strong>Demographic</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Outcomes

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