Table 2: Descriptive statistics of family decision making autonomy by insurance status (n = 1308).

 

 

Insurance status

 

Variable

Total

No

n (%)

Yes

n (%)

p-value

Own health care

 

 

 

 

Autonomous

243 (18.6)

221 (91.0)

22 (9.1)

0.357

Not autonomous

1065 (81.4)

947 (88.9)

118 (11.1)

 

Major household purchases

 

 

 

 

Autonomous

228 (17.4)

209 (91.7)

19(8.3)

0.203

Not autonomous

1080 (82.6)

959 (88.8)

121 (11.2)

 

Visits to family or relatives

 

 

 

 

Autonomous

149 (11.4)

135 (90.6)

14 (9.4)

0.583 

Not autonomous

1159 (88.6)

1033 (89.1)

126 (10.9)

 

Decides on husbands’ earnings

 

 

 

 

Autonomous

220 (16.8)

195 (88.6)

25 (11.4)

 0.728

Not autonomous

1088 (83.2)

973 (89.4)

115 (10.6)

 

Contraceptive use

 

 

 

 

Autonomous

1153 (88.2)

1025 (88.9)

128 (11.1)

0.204 

Not autonomous

155 (11.9)

143 (92.3)

12 (7.7)

 

Decision making score*

 

   

0.802

0

108 (8.3)

99 (91.7)

9 (8.3)

 

1

804 (61.5)

714 (88.8)

90 (11.2)

 

2

189 (14.5)

166 (87.8)

23 (12.2)

 

3

76 (5.8)

70 (92.1)

6 (7.9)

 

4

72 (5.5)

66 (91.7)

6 (8.3)

 

5

59 (4.5)

53 (89.8)

140 (10.7)

 

*: sum score of women’s decision-making autonomy from 0: No autonomy to 5: Autonomous in all five domains.