Table 1.

Distribution of survey respondents by who makes the decision on the respondent’s health care and by socio-demographic characteristics, N = 27,135, NDHS 2013

Respondent’s characteristic	Percentage of total sample	Percentage by who makes decision on health care
		Respondent alone	Respondent & husband/partner	Husband/partner alone
Region
North Central	13.9	5.9	36.6	57.5
North East	16.8	1.7	24.8	73.5
North West	36.2	1.5	14.7	83.8
South East	8.3	11.7	52.3	36.0
South South	9.7	11.1	55.0	33.9
South West	15.0	16.6	56.2	27.2
Place of residence
Urban	36.4	10.3	44.2	45.4
Rural	63.6	3.8	26.2	70.0
Age group
15–34 years	62.5	4.5	30.5	65.0
35–49 years	37.5	9.1	36.4	54.6
Highest educational level
No education	48.5	2.0	17.1	80.9
Primary	19.2	9.3	40.2	50.4
Secondary	25.0	11.0	48.7	40.3
Higher	7.3	9.2	62.0	28.9
Religion
Catholic	8.5	9.8	51.8	38.5
Other  Christian	29.4	12.1	54.4	33.5
Islam	60.5	2.9	19.5	77.7
Traditionalist/other	1.6	7.9	34.6	57.5
Exposure to print media
No	84.7	5.6	28.6	65.8
Yes	15.3	9.7	55.7	34.6
Exposure to radio
No	37.9	4.0	22.1	74.0
Yes	62.1	7.6	39.2	53.2
Exposure to TV
No	52.4	3.1	21.8	75.1
Yes	47.6	9.7	44.7	45.7
Owns house
No	79.0	6.3	31.9	61.8
Yes	21.0	5.9	35.9	58.2
Owns land
No	82.7	6.1	30.1	63.8
Yes	17.3	6.8	45.2	48.1
Wealth index
Poorest	23.1	1.1	14.5	84.5
Poorer	21.5	3.2	22.9	73.9
Middle	17.9	7.2	33.7	59.1
Richer	18.1	9.8	41.1	49.1
Richest	19.4	11.4	56.6	32.0
Currently working
No	30.3	2.0	18.5	79.5
Yes	69.7	8.1	38.9	53.1
Occupation
None	29.1	1.8	17.8	80.4
Professional	4.6	12.1	60.9	27.0
Non-professional	66.3	7.7	37.2	55.1
Polygamous marriage
No	66.8	6.0	38.1	55.9
Yes	33.2	6.6	21.5	71.9