Consumer Affair
Women gain more control now over the TV remote
By Ben Wasserman
Sep 26, 2008 - 12:32:32 PM

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Friday Sep 26, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new poll found women in the US now have more influence in family decision making than their counterparts in the 50s or 60s, Washington Post reports.

Poll results show that women seem to have acquired equal control of the household television, with 27 percent saying the wife has the final say which channel to turn to, 26 percent saying the husband got the control and 25 percent saying the wife and husband shared the remote.

The poll surveyed 1,260 people who were married or living together as a couple.   It was found that of 43 percent of couples, women had more power over four categories, decision making in finance, weekend activities, television use and big-ticket purchases.