What is the main way that decisions are made about how to use any money that you have or earn, for example from a job, a business, selling things or other activities?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
You make the decisions yourself
25.4%
Your spouse makes the decisions
36.5%
You make the decisions jointly with your spouse
22.4%
You make the decisions jointly with other family members
11.8%
Other family members make the decisions without you
3.5%
None of the above/Some other response
-
Not applicable, no earnings
0.1%
Refused to answer
0.2%
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In a survey conducted in Nigeria in 2020, 36.5 percent of women declared that their spouse was making the decision on how to use any money they earned, for example from a job, a business, or other activities. Some 25 percent of Nigerian women, on the other hand, stated that they made such decisions themselves, while for 22.4 percent of women these decisions were made together with the husband.
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Afrobarometer. (October 11, 2021). What is the main way that decisions are made about how to use any money that you have or earn, for example from a job, a business, selling things or other activities? [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/1269173/decision-making-on-own-money-among-women-in-nigeria/
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Afrobarometer. (2021). What is the main way that decisions are made about how to use any money that you have or earn, for example from a job, a business, selling things or other activities?. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 03, 2026. /statistics/1269173/decision-making-on-own-money-among-women-in-nigeria/
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