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Lesson 2, Topic 11
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5. Women have often limited control over household resources.

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The data show that women have often limited control over how their personal earned income is spent. Men are more often the main decision-makers. In Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, the majority of women are not involved in household decisions related to spending of their earned income. The same applies for the overall influence of women over important household decisions such as major household purchases. This trend is notably seen in low-income households within low-income countries. The below listed chart shows the percentage of married women aged 15-49 who state that they alone or jointly with their husbands have a say in major household purchase decisions.

Source: World Bank Gender Statistics (1999 – 2016). Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/gender-statistics
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