Drawing on research about womenrsquos autonomy, gender, and development, and Latin America, I analyze individual, household, and community-level factors associated with husbandsrsquo sole authority with regard to four household issues: (1) money management; decision-making about (2) food purchases, (3) medicine purchases, and (4) health providers. The results point to how husbandsrsquo authority varies across household issues and how the dynamics of authority differ with regard to money management and the other decision-making issues studied. This study found that husbandsrsquo authority varied not only by individual characteristics but also by community features and thus adds to efforts to represent more fully how context matters to household gender relations