Assets

The survey asked currently and formerly married women if they personally had three forms of assets – financial savings, land or residential buildings in their name, or other valuables, such as jewelry or cars – to use or sell as they please. 

Figure 9 shows that across educational categories, less than half of the respondents had a financial savings account, and less than two-fifths of respondents had access to land or property (with the title in their name).  More married women owned other items of high value, such as a car or jewelry.  Rates of asset control are dramatically lower among those with lower levels of educational attainment. 

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More married women who work for pay have financial savings, land or property in their name, and/or other items of high-value, such as a car or jewelry, over married women that do not work as shown in Figure 10.

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Not surprisingly, women who earn more are significantly more likely to have financial savings, land or property in their name, and/or other items of high value (Figure 11).

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