Couple’s concordance and discordance in household decision-making and married women’s use of modern contraceptives in Bangladesh

Table 2 Cross-tabulation of couples’ responses to all three decision-making items

Wife’s response	Husband’s response				Total
	Wife	Husband	Jointly	Other
Who usually makes decisions about making major household purchases?
Wife	0.34	1.49	3.26	0.28	5.37
Husband	0.49	8.53	15.69	3.35	28.07
Both Jointly	1.25	12.36	34.18	4.73	52.52
Other	0.09	2.29	3.23	8.42	14.04
Total	2.18	24.68	56.37	16.78	100
Spousal agreement = 51.47%
Who usually makes decisions about making purchases for daily household needs?
Wife	4.08	10.22	14.37	1.79	30.46
Husband	1.94	8.92	8.98	1.35	21.18
Both Jointly	4.34	12.06	17.25	1.63	35.28
Other	0.55	3.29	2.33	6.91	13.08
Total	10.91	34.5	42.92	11.68	100
Spousal agreement = 37.16%
Who usually makes decisions about visits to your family or relatives?
Wife	0.52	1.5	5.45	0.35	7.82
Husband	0.99	7.87	17.14	3.08	29.08
Both Jointly	1.44	11.88	35.08	3.19	51.59
Other	0.09	2.2	3.72	5.48	11.5
Total	3.04	23.46	61.4	12.11	100
Spousal agreement = 48.95%

The figures in boldface show the percentage points of concordance in each categories

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