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Table 3 Descriptive Statistics for women and men who endorsed gender variables in their respective coverage surveys

From: The role of gender power relations on women’s health outcomes: evidence from a maternal health coverage survey in Simiyu region, Tanzania

 

Women (Yes)

wN (%)a

Men (Yes)

wN (%)a

Decision-making/ autonomy

 Women are able to leave the house

1525 (56.3%)

504 (46.9%)

 Women can make own decisions about health

1654 (61.1%)

302 (47.6%)

 Women can make major purchase decisions

872 (32.2%)

244 (42.3%)

 Women can make decisions to visit friends/family

1061 (39.2%)

991 (92.2%)

 Women/both make daily purchases

1499 (55.4%)

627 (41.7%)

 Women/both sell poultry

1480 (54.7%)

588 (54.7%)

 Women/both sell livestock

829 (69.4%)

377 (35.1%)

 Women/both decide how many children

1958 (72.3%)

777 (72.3%)

 Women decide how to use their own money

79 (21.5%)

425 (77.0%)

Labor sharing and roles

 Partner accompanied to ANC

868 (76.2%)

NAb

 Partner accompanied to delivery

477 (68.2%)

NA

 Husband attended HF for family

NA

498 (46.3%)

Access to resources

 Woman has her own money

1614 (59.6%)

NA

 Woman worked last week

1625 (60.0%)

324 (51.3%)

 Woman worked last year

491 (39.5%)

97 (35.7%)

 Access to mobile banking

667 (68.3%)

NA

 Woman has own bank account

68 (2.5%)

6 (0.9%)

 Has mobile phone

977 (36.1%)

NA

Norms and beliefs

 Husband justified in beating wife

2309 (85.3%)

815 (30.1%)

 Childbearing is women’s concern

668 (25.2%)

226 (21.8%)

 Doctor is necessary for delivery

3654 (98.6%)

1034 (97.9%)

 Should the husband accompany to ANC?

994 (94.4%)

NA

 Should the husband accompany to delivery?

975 (92.7%)

NA

 Contraception is women’s concern

827 (31.7%)

193 (18.7%)

 Contraception is for promiscuous women

266 (10.3%)

97 (9.7%)

 Woman has right to refuse sex from husband

676 (25.9%)

301 (29.4%)

 If woman refuses sex, husband has right to reprimand/get angry with her

1507 (57.3%)

496 (49.3%)

 Husband has right to refuse money

682 (25.8%)

195 (18.9%)

 Husband has right to use force for sex

683 (25.8%)

127 (12.4%)

 Husband has right to have sex with another woman

703 (27.2%)

204 (20.4%)

  1. aWeighted N (wN); bNA” refers to “Not Asked,” as not all gender variables were asked in both the men’s and women’s survey