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.