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Indicator description
Indicator: Family planning decisionmaking mainly by wife
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made mainly by the wife
Denominator: Currently married women
Group: Decisionmaking about family planning
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FP_DMKP_W_MWF
Indicator description
Indicator: Family planning decisionmaking jointly by wife and husband
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made jointly by the wife and husband
Denominator: Currently married women
Group: Decisionmaking about family planning
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FP_DMKP_W_MJN
Indicator description
Indicator: Family planning decisionmaking jointly: Wife's opinion more important
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made jointly by the wife and husband, but the wife's opinion is more important
Denominator: Currently married women
Group: Decisionmaking about family planning
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FP_DMKP_W_WFM
Indicator description
Indicator: Family planning decisionmaking jointly: Wife's and husband's/partner's opinion equally important
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made jointly by the wife and husband, and the wife's and husband's opinion are equally important
Denominator: Currently married women
Group: Decisionmaking about family planning
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FP_DMKP_W_WHE
Indicator description
Indicator: Family planning decisionmaking jointly: Wife's opinion less important than husband's/partner's
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made jointly by the wife and husband, but the husband/partner's opinion is more important
Denominator: Currently married women
Group: Decisionmaking about family planning
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FP_DMKP_W_WFL
Indicator description
Indicator: Family planning decisionmaking mainly by husband
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made mainly by the husband
Denominator: Currently married women
Group: Decisionmaking about family planning
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FP_DMKP_W_MHS
Indicator description
Indicator: Family planning decisionmaking by someone else/other
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made mainly by someone else or another answer is given
Denominator: Currently married women
Group: Decisionmaking about family planning
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FP_DMKP_W_OTH
Indicator description
Indicator: Percentage who participated in decision-making about family planning
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 who participated in decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning. This is the sum of those for whom the wife, or the wife and husband/partner together, make the decision
Denominator: Currently married women
Group: Decisionmaking about family planning
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FP_DMKP_W_PTP
DHS Quickstats Indicators

  Indicator Name Indicator Definition Indicator Denominator  
Family planning decisionmaking mainly by wife Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made mainly by the wife Currently married women (W)
Family planning decisionmaking jointly by wife and husband Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made jointly by the wife and husband Currently married women (W)
Family planning decisionmaking jointly: Wife's opinion more important Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made jointly by the wife and husband, but the wife's opinion is more important Currently married women (W)
Family planning decisionmaking jointly: Wife's and husband's/partner's opinion equally important Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made jointly by the wife and husband, and the wife's and husband's opinion are equally important Currently married women (W)
Family planning decisionmaking jointly: Wife's opinion less important than husband's/partner's Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made jointly by the wife and husband, but the husband/partner's opinion is more important Currently married women (W)
Family planning decisionmaking mainly by husband Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made mainly by the husband Currently married women (W)
Family planning decisionmaking by someone else/other Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 for whom decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning is made mainly by someone else or another answer is given Currently married women (W)
Percentage who participated in decision-making about family planning Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 who participated in decisionmaking about whether to use or not use or family planning. This is the sum of those for whom the wife, or the wife and husband/partner together, make the decision Currently married women (W)