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Table 1 continued Region Central Copperbel Eastern Luapula Lusaka Muchinga Northern North West Southern Western Pooled Indicators Beating is justified if refuse to have sex with husband Yes 254 (28.73) 231 (46.20) 238 (22.02) 634 (68.17) 97 (20.17) 439 (53.67) 457 (58.14) 223 (30.67) 273 (31.52) 282 (36.48) 3128 (39.87) No 630 (71.27) 269 (53.80) 843 (77.98) 296 (31.83) 384 (79.83) 379 (46.33) 329 (41.86) 504 (69.33) 593 (68.48) 491 (63.52) 4718 (60.13) Beating is justified if burn food Yes 159 (17.69) 145 (27.78) 165 (14.93) 492 (52.23) 31 (6.34) 364 (43.08) 427 (52.07) 197 (26.95) 183 (20.94) 248 (31.79) 2411 (30.11) No 740 (82.31) 377 (72.22) 940 (85.07) 450 (47.77) 458 (93.66) 481 (56.92) 393 (47.93) 534 (73.05) 691 (79.06) 532 (68.21) 5596 (69.89) Income/assets Operating business for someone else 186 (37.73) 53 (19.92) 238 (35.47) 188 (30.32) 80 (38.83) 39 (11.40) 45 (10.11) 43 (12.32) 184 (40.17) 125 (26.65) 1181 (27.34) self- employed/own business 307 (62.27) 213 (80.08) 433 (64.53) 432 (69.68) 126 (61.17) 303 (88.60) 400 (89.89) 306 (87.68) 274 (59.83) 344 (73.35) 3138 (72.66) Decision on earnings husband/partner alone 33 (12.45) 20 (12.82) 110 (33.33) 84 (29.68) 13 (9.09) 75 (33.19) 25 (10.78) 21 (21.00) 80 (34.93) 52 (34.90) 513 (24.28) Jointly/alone 232 (87.55) 136 (87.18) 220 (66.67) 199 (70.32) 130 (90.91) 151 (66.81) 207 (89.22) 79 (79.00) 149 (65.07) 97 (65.10) 1600 (75.72) Own a house does not own 513 (56.13) 383 (72.40) 387 (34.65) 450 (46.68) 313 (62.10) 447 (52.59) 392 (45.69) 400 (54.13) 604 (66.74) 441 (55.82) 4330 (53.00) Jointly/alone 365 (39.93) 108 (20.42) 651 (58.28) 500 (51.87) 145 (28.77) 371 (43.65) 373 (43.47) 329 (44.52) 271 (29.94) 335 (42.41) 3448 (42.20) husband/partner alone 36 (3.94) 38 (7.18) 79 (7.07) 14 (1.45) 46 (9.13) 32 (3.76) 93 (10.84) 10 (1.35) 30 (3.31) 14 (1.77) 392 (4.80) Assessment of the Key Indicators and Dimensions of Women Empowerment in Rural Zambia Volume XXII Issue VII Version I 8 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2022 © 2022 Global Journals E