Participation of women in decision making on income and expenditure matters in households in Tanzania a case study of Morogoro Rural District
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2011
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University of Dar es Salaam
Abstract
This study was conducted to address women’s participation in decision making on
household income and expenditure items in Morogoro Rural District. The study
identified major households’ income sources and expenditure items. It examined the
level of participation of women on households’ decision making and the factors that
affect women’s decision-making on household income and expenditure items. The
multistage stratified sampling design was adopted in selecting 384 respondents (married
women) from two villages; Fulwe and Lubungo. 247 were selected from Fulwe and 137
from Lubungo. Data were analysed by using cross tabulation as a preliminary test of
association and Logistic Regression (binary and multinomial).
The descriptive analysis shows that 41.7% of women participate in decision making
while the rest 58.3% did not participate. Results from binary logistic regression on
whether respondents participated in decision making or not revealed that, respondents
with primary education (Odds Ratio (OR)=0.419), polygamy type of marital union
(OR=2.345) and respondents with average daily income >4000 Tshs (OR=0.462) were
statistically significant in describing women’s participation in decion making at 5%
significance level with p<0.05. Further, the Multinomial Logistic Regression (MLR) on
who decide on major household’s expenditure with categories; mainly husband as a
reference category, mainly wife and both husband and wife was done. The results show
that wives with average daily income of <4,000 Tshs who make decision with their
husbands, as well as wives who make their own decision were less likely to decide on
households major expenditure items compared to wives whose households decision is
made by husband only. Other variables; occupations, type of marital union and
education were significant in explaining on who decides on households major
expenditure items in the study area.
It is recommended that since women’s participation in household decision on income
and expenditure items is low; and their participation is contingent upon the type of
income sources, more women should be encouraged to engage themselves in self-help
(direct) income generating activities.
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Women in decision making, Income, Expenditure matters, Households in Tanzania, Morogoro Rural District