David S
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya.
Health Transit Rev. 1993 Apr;3(1):57-76.
Fieldwork conducted in Kpelle village in north-central Liberia revealed that health-care expenses constitute a major part of domestic spending. The actual transactions for major health-care expenditures are handled by men, typically using income that jointly belongs to the couple in addition to the husband's personal income. Women are likely to spend their personal incomes on minor health expenses for themselves and their children. Women's health expenditure, as well as their income handling arrangements, seem to differ according to the type of conjugal union they are in. Although Kpelle wives have input in most financial decisions, they tend to defer to men on issues which are associated with the Western world, namely Western health care, educational and tax expenditures.
在利比里亚中北部的克佩勒村进行的实地调查显示，医疗保健费用占家庭支出的很大一部分。重大医疗保健支出的实际交易由男性处理，通常使用夫妻共同财产以及丈夫的个人收入。女性可能会将自己的个人收入用于自己和孩子的小额医疗费用。女性的医疗支出以及她们的收入管理安排似乎因婚姻关系类型而异。尽管克佩勒妻子在大多数财务决策中都有参与，但在与西方世界相关的问题上，即西方医疗保健、教育和税收支出方面，她们往往会听从男性的意见。
