Table 4 The use of female-controlled income in purchasing food
Use of female income | Percent | Examples mentioned in surveys |
|---|---|---|
Purchase food | 48.3% | Vegetables, meat, onions, tomatoes, salt, sugar, cooking oil, milling grain, dough to make local donuts (mandazi), food for children. |
Household needs (without explicitly mentioning food) | 41.4% | Soap, school expenses for children (school fees, school clothes, and notebooks), medicine, beads, purchase livestock, things for church, medicine for livestock, materials to make cultural items, clothes, cosmetics, shoes. |
Total potential households using female income to supplement food availability | 89.7% |