Table 2 Decision-making capacity among women in Sub-Saharan Africa
From: Women decision-making capacity and intimate partner violence among women in sub-Saharan Africa
Country | Decision on personal healthcare | Decision on large household purchase | Decision on visits to family or relatives | Decision-making capacity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not alone (%) | Alone (%) | Not alone (%) | Alone (%) | Not alone (%) | Alone (%) | No capacity (%) | Capacity (%) | |
Congo DR, 2013–2014 | 89.8 | 10.2 | 84.1 | 15.9 | 81.3 | 18.7 | 90.0 | 10.0 |
Cote d’voire, 2011–2014 | 89.9 | 10.1 | 91.1 | 8.9 | 81.5 | 18.5 | 91.2 | 8.9 |
Cameroon, 2011 | 84.4 | 15.6 | 83.8 | 16.2 | 77.1 | 22.9 | 86.1 | 13.9 |
Gabon, 2012 | 74.6 | 25.4 | 61.9 | 38.1 | 67.0 | 33.0 | 73.1 | 26.9 |
Gambia, 2013 | 74.6 | 25.4 | 94.6 | 5.5 | 81.7 | 18.3 | 86.0 | 14.0 |
Kenya, 2014 | 62.6 | 37.4 | 79.7 | 20.3 | 77.0 | 23.0 | 77.1 | 22.9 |
Comoros, 2012 | 81.2 | 18.8 | 75.1 | 24.9 | 72.7 | 27.3 | 79.0 | 21.0 |
Mali, 2012–2013 | 94.1 | 5.9 | 92.3 | 7.7 | 93.1 | 6.9 | 94.5 | 5.5 |
Malawi, 2010 | 81.8 | 18.2 | 90.6 | 9.4 | 82.4 | 17.6 | 94.5 | 5.5 |
Mozambique, 2011 | 78.9 | 21.1 | 87.2 | 12.8 | 83.3 | 16.7 | 86.0 | 16.0 |
Nigeria, 2013 | 93.7 | 6.3 | 94.5 | 5.6 | 92.3 | 7.7 | 94.8 | 5.2 |
Namibia, 2015 | 53.4 | 46.6 | 73.7 | 26.3 | 68.6 | 31.4 | 67.3 | 32.7 |
Rwanda, 2014–2015 | 79.3 | 20.7 | 89.5 | 10.6 | 83.7 | 16.3 | 87.3 | 12.7 |
Sierra Leone, 2013 | 92.5 | 7.5 | 92.8 | 7.2 | 90.8 | 9.2 | 93.7 | 6.3 |
Chad, 2014–2015 | 92.2 | 7.8 | 80.3 | 19.7 | 77.6 | 22.4 | 87.9 | 12.1 |
Togo, 2013–2014 | 88.8 | 11.2 | 85.9 | 14.1 | 83.7 | 16.3 | 90.0 | 10.0 |
Zambia, 2013–2014 | 68.4 | 21.6 | 88.5 | 11.5 | 79.6 | 20.4 | 85.0 | 15.0 |
Zimbabwe, 2015 | 65.4 | 34.6 | 72.8 | 27.2 | 73.0 | 27.0 | 74.3 | 25.7 |
All countries | 83.4 | 16.6 | 87.2 | 12.8 | 83.3 | 16.7 | 87.9 | 12.1 |