According to the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS), during 2021 women's participation in household decisions across urban India stood at about 91 percent. Meanwhile, ownership of house or land among women was about 38 percent in 2021 which is a small improvement form 35 percent in 2015.
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Institute for Competitiveness. (May 16, 2022). Share of women participation in urban households in India between 2015 and 2021, by activity type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1379508/india-women-participation-in-urban-household-by-activity/
Institute for Competitiveness. "Share of women participation in urban households in India between 2015 and 2021, by activity type." Chart. May 16, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1379508/india-women-participation-in-urban-household-by-activity/
Institute for Competitiveness. (2022). Share of women participation in urban households in India between 2015 and 2021, by activity type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1379508/india-women-participation-in-urban-household-by-activity/
Institute for Competitiveness. "Share of Women Participation in Urban Households in India between 2015 and 2021, by Activity Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1379508/india-women-participation-in-urban-household-by-activity/
Institute for Competitiveness, Share of women participation in urban households in India between 2015 and 2021, by activity type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1379508/india-women-participation-in-urban-household-by-activity/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of women participation in urban households in India between 2015 and 2021, by activity type [Graph], Institute for Competitiveness, May 16, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1379508/india-women-participation-in-urban-household-by-activity/
