Demographic and Health Survey 2009-10 - Timor-Leste Ministry of ...
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Table 15.3 shows the percent distribution <strong>of</strong> currently married women age 15-49 who<br />
received cash earnings in the past 12 months by the person who decides how their cash earnings are<br />
used, <strong>and</strong> the percent distribution <strong>of</strong> currently married women age 15-49 whose husb<strong>and</strong>s received<br />
cash earnings in the past 12 months by the person who decides how the husb<strong>and</strong>’s cash earnings are<br />
used, according to the relative magnitude <strong>of</strong> the earnings <strong>of</strong> the women <strong>and</strong> her husb<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Table 15.3 Women’s control over her own earnings <strong>and</strong> over those <strong>of</strong> her husb<strong>and</strong><br />
Percent distributions <strong>of</strong> currently married women age 15-49 with cash earnings in the past 12 months by person who decides how the woman's cash<br />
earnings are used <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> currently married women age 15-49 whose husb<strong>and</strong>s have cash earnings by person who decides how the husb<strong>and</strong>'s cash<br />
earnings are used, according to the relation between woman's <strong>and</strong> husb<strong>and</strong>'s cash earnings, <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong><br />
Women’s earnings relative<br />
to husb<strong>and</strong>’s earnings<br />
Person who decides how<br />
the wife's cash earnings<br />
are used:<br />
Mainly<br />
wife<br />
Wife<br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
husb<strong>and</strong> Mainly<br />
jointly husb<strong>and</strong> Total<br />
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Number<br />
<strong>of</strong><br />
women<br />
Person who decides how husb<strong>and</strong>'s cash<br />
earnings are used:<br />
Mainly<br />
wife<br />
Wife<br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
husb<strong>and</strong> Mainly<br />
jointly husb<strong>and</strong> Other Missing Total<br />
Number<br />
<strong>of</strong><br />
women<br />
More than husb<strong>and</strong>/partner 43.0 52.4 4.6 <strong>10</strong>0.0 174 31.4 63.2 5.0 0.3 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 174<br />
Less than husb<strong>and</strong>/partner 32.9 60.4 6.7 <strong>10</strong>0.0 236 31.7 65.6 2.8 0.0 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 234<br />
Same as husb<strong>and</strong> partner<br />
Husb<strong>and</strong>/ partner has no<br />
29.9 63.9 6.1 <strong>10</strong>0.0 179 19.3 72.7 8.0 0.0 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 177<br />
cash earnings/did not work 43.4 54.9 1.7 <strong>10</strong>0.0 73 na na na na na na 0<br />
Woman has no cash earnings<br />
Woman did not work in past<br />
na na na na 0 18.6 76.0 5.3 0.0 0.1 <strong>10</strong>0.0 2,390<br />
12 months na na na na 0 30.0 63.6 6.1 0.0 0.3 <strong>10</strong>0.0 4,007<br />
Total1 36.4 58.2 5.5 <strong>10</strong>0.0 672 26.0 68.1 5.7 0.0 0.2 <strong>10</strong>0.0 6,992<br />
Note: Totals include 11 women with information missing on earnings relative to husb<strong>and</strong>.<br />
na = Not applicable<br />
1 Excludes cases where a woman or her husb<strong>and</strong>/partner has no earnings <strong>and</strong> includes cases where a woman does not know whether she earned<br />
more or less than her husb<strong>and</strong>/partner<br />
Women who believe that they earn more than their husb<strong>and</strong> are more likely to also say that<br />
they solely decide how their cash earnings are used (43 percent) than women who believe that their<br />
cash earnings are the same as their husb<strong>and</strong>’s (30 percent) or that their cash earnings are less than<br />
their husb<strong>and</strong>’s (33 percent). On the other h<strong>and</strong>, women who believe that they earn about the same<br />
amount as their husb<strong>and</strong> are more likely to also say that they make joint decisions with their husb<strong>and</strong><br />
about how their cash earnings <strong>and</strong> those <strong>of</strong> their husb<strong>and</strong> are used (64 percent <strong>and</strong> 73 percent,<br />
respectively).<br />
In <strong>Timor</strong>ese culture married women are responsible for managing solely or jointly all cash<br />
earnings <strong>of</strong> their husb<strong>and</strong>, irrespective <strong>of</strong> their own cash earning status. This is clearly indicated by<br />
the finding that 95 percent <strong>of</strong> women with no cash earnings participate alone or jointly with their<br />
husb<strong>and</strong> in deciding how to use their husb<strong>and</strong>’s cash earnings.<br />
15.4 WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN DECISIONMAKING<br />
Women’s participation in the decisionmaking process is an important indicator <strong>of</strong> their<br />
empowerment. In order to assess women’s decisionmaking autonomy, the <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong> TLDHS sought<br />
information on women’s participation in four types <strong>of</strong> household decisions: her own health care,<br />
making large household purchases, making household purchases for daily needs, <strong>and</strong> visits to family<br />
or relatives. Table 15.4.1 shows the percent distribution <strong>of</strong> currently married women according to the<br />
person in the household who usually makes decisions concerning these matters. Women are<br />
considered to participate in decisionmaking if they make decisions alone or jointly with their husb<strong>and</strong>.