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Indicator description
Indicator: Wife earns more than husband
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married or in union women employed in the 12 months preceding the survey whose cash earnings are more than her husband's
Denominator: Currently married women who received cash earnings for employment in the 12 months preceding the survey
Group: Relative magnitude of women's cash earnings
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: EM_RERN_W_MOR
Indicator description
Indicator: Wife earns less than husband
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married or in union women employed in the 12 months preceding the survey whose cash earnings are less than her husband's
Denominator: Currently married women who received cash earnings for employment in the 12 months preceding the survey
Group: Relative magnitude of women's cash earnings
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: EM_RERN_W_LES
Indicator description
Indicator: Wife earns about the same as husband
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married or in union women employed in the 12 months preceding the survey whose cash earnings are about the same as her husband's
Denominator: Currently married women who received cash earnings for employment in the 12 months preceding the survey
Group: Relative magnitude of women's cash earnings
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: EM_RERN_W_SAM
Indicator description
Indicator: Husband has no earnings
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married or in union women employed in the 12 months preceding the survey whose husband has no cash earnings
Denominator: Currently married women who received cash earnings for employment in the 12 months preceding the survey
Group: Relative magnitude of women's cash earnings
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: EM_RERN_W_NON
DHS Quickstats Indicators

  Indicator Name Indicator Definition Indicator Denominator  
Wife earns more than husband Percentage of currently married or in union women employed in the 12 months preceding the survey whose cash earnings are more than her husband's Currently married women who received cash earnings for employment in the 12 months preceding the survey (W)
Wife earns less than husband Percentage of currently married or in union women employed in the 12 months preceding the survey whose cash earnings are less than her husband's Currently married women who received cash earnings for employment in the 12 months preceding the survey (W)
Wife earns about the same as husband Percentage of currently married or in union women employed in the 12 months preceding the survey whose cash earnings are about the same as her husband's Currently married women who received cash earnings for employment in the 12 months preceding the survey (W)
Husband has no earnings Percentage of currently married or in union women employed in the 12 months preceding the survey whose husband has no cash earnings Currently married women who received cash earnings for employment in the 12 months preceding the survey (W)