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Women participating in decisionmaking vs fertility, 2018

Women participating in three decisions (own healthcare, major household purchases, and visiting family) - % of women age 15-49; Total Fertility Rate is defined as the
average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if the woman were to experience the exact curent age-specific fertility rates, and the
woman were to survive from birth to the end of her reproductive career.

% Women participating in decisionmaking10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%ChildrenperwomanIndiaIndiaIndonesiaIndonesiaPakistanPakistanBangladeshBangladeshPhilippinesPhilippinesEgyptEgyptKenyaKenyaMaliMaliChadChadGuineaGuineaArmeniaArmeniaAfricaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth America

Source: United Nations – Population Division (2019 Revision), Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) via World Bank