Table 2.

Decision-making, ownership, and empowerment at household (n = 13,558 in PDHS 2012–13 and n = 15,068 in PDHS 2017–18)

	PDHS 2012–13		PDHS 2017–18
	n	%	n	%
Decision- making about healthcare
Not involved in decision-making	6746	51.9	7507	51.8
Involved in decision-making	6243	48.1	6993	48.2
Decision-making about large household purchases
Not involved in decision-making	7393	56.9	8488	58.5
Involved in decision-making	5599	43.1	6012	41.5
Decision-making about the money husband earns
Not involved in decision-making	7716	59.7	6203	50.2
Involved in decision-making	5201	40.3	6161	49.8
Decision-making about visits to relatives
Not involved in decision-making	6878	52.9	7767	53.6
Involved in decision-making	6114	47.1	6733	46.4
House/land ownership
No ownership	11,142	82.3	12,440	82.6
Ownership	2392	17.7	2622	17.4
Empowerment
No	7535	58.4	6578	53.2
Yes	5367	41.6	5781	46.8