Table 2.

Cross-tabulation of couples’ responses to all four decision-making questions, Bangladesh, 2007^a

Who usually makes decisions about your child’s health care?
Wife’s response	Husband’s response				Total
	Wife	Husband	Both jointly	Other
Wife	3.8	1.5	7.2	0.3	12.8
Husband	4.4	4.8	13.9	1.5	24.6
Both jointly	10.5	8.7	30.9	2.3	52.4
Other	1.6	1.2	4.9	2.5	10.2
Total	20.3	16.2	56.9	6.6	100.0
Spousal agreement = 42.0% k=0.08**

Who usually makes decisions about making major household purchases?
Wife’s response	Husband’s response				Total
	Wife	Husband	Both jointly	Other
Wife	0.4	1.9	3.1	0.6	6.0
Husband	1.1	10.8	15.0	3.7	30.6
Both jointly	1.2	12.5	30.4	4.3	48.4
Other	0.1	2.9	3.4	8.6	15.0
Total	2.8	28.1	51.9	17.2	100.0
Spousal agreement = 50.2% k=0.22**

Who usually makes decisions about making purchases for daily household needs?
Wife’s response	Husband’s response				Total
	Wife	Husband	Both jointly	Other
Wife	3.5	9.4	11.5	1.6	26.0
Husband	2.4	11.2	10.0	1.9	25.5
Both jointly	3.2	12.6	16.0	1.8	33.6
Other	0.6	3.9	2.5	7.9	14.9
Total	9.7	37.1	40.0	13.2	100.0
Spousal agreement = 38.6% k=0.15**

Who usually makes decisions about visits to your family or relatives?
Wife’s response	Husband’s response				Total
	Wife	Husband	Both jointly	Other
Wife	0.6	2.0	4.9	0.3	7.8
Husband	1.6	10.1	16.3	3.6	31.6
Both jointly	1.1	13.1	30.1	2.9	47.2
Other	0.2	2.7	4.4	6.1	13.4
Total	3.5	27.9	55.7	12.9	100.0
Spousal agreement = 46.9% k=0.15**

^aAll proportions are unweighted.

^**p<0.01