In a survey conducted in Nigeria in 2020, 46.4 percent of respondents declared that they were alone deciding how to use any money they earned, for example from a job, a business, or other activities. Some 18.8 percent of Nigerians, on the other hand, stated that their spouse was making such decisions. The respondents stating this were almost entirely women.
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
46.4%
Your spouse makes the decisions
18.8%
You make the decisions jointly with your spouse
17.8%
You make the decisions jointly with other family members
12.2%
Other family members make the decisions without you
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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 Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269177/decision-making-on-own-money-in-nigeria/
Afrobarometer. "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?." Chart. October 11, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269177/decision-making-on-own-money-in-nigeria/
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?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269177/decision-making-on-own-money-in-nigeria/
Afrobarometer. "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?." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269177/decision-making-on-own-money-in-nigeria/
Afrobarometer, 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? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269177/decision-making-on-own-money-in-nigeria/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
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], Afrobarometer, October 11, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269177/decision-making-on-own-money-in-nigeria/
