Determinants of Control over Usage of Women’s Cash Earnings in the Households of Rural Areas: A Case of Wanging’ombe District Council in Tanzania

The study was conducted in the Wanging’ombe district council Njombe region, Southern highlands of Tanzania. objective to assess determinants women’s control over their earnings. employed a cross-section research design. Data were collected from 150 women who engaged various economic activities. structured interview method used collect data using questionnaire. processed and analysed IBM SPSS statistics version 20 Stata 11. analysis involved descriptive exploring characteristics area, chi-square test for association, binary logistic regression explore predictors. results revealed that more than half (54.7%) reported husbands/partners decide them on use money earned. Three factors, namely ownership house, kind earning activity (source income), amounts earned per month are predictors cash earnings household. concluded that, although husbands have less chance income by engage activities other farming those earn higher income, household resources including controlled large extent. local government authorities non-government organisations interested empowerment should intensify efforts address violence against women, especially abuse. This will enable different be informal formal sectors