1) Percentage of women (or men) age 15-49 who believe that a woman is justified in refusing to have sexual intercourse with her husband if she knows that he has sexual intercourse with other women.
2) Percentage of women (or men) age 15-49 who believe that a woman is justified in asking that they use a condom if she knows that her husband has a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Coverage:
Population base: Women (or men) age 15-49 (IR file, MR file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerators:
1) Number of women (or men) age 15-49 who believe that a woman is justified in refusing to have sexual intercourse with her husband if she knows that he has sexual intercourse with other women (women: v633b = 1; men: mv633b = 1)
2) Number of women (or men) age 15-49 who believe that a woman is justified in asking that they use a condom if she knows that her husband has a sexually transmitted infection (STI) (women: v822 = 1; men: mv822 = 1)
Denominator: Number of women (or men) age 15-49
Variables: IR file, MR file.
|
v633b |
Wife justified refusing sex: husband has sex with other women (women) |
|
v822 |
Wife justified asking husband to use condom if he has STI (women) |
|
v005 |
Women's sample weight |
|
mv633b |
Wife justified refusing sex: husband has sex with other women (men) |
|
mv822 |
Wife justified asking husband to use condom if he has STI (men) |
|
mv005 |
Men's sample weight |
Numerator divided by the denominator multiplied by 100.
Missing values on attitudes towards negotiating safer sexual relations with husband are excluded from the numerator but included in the denominator.
The number of reasons for a wife to justify refusing sexual intercourse to her husband that have been included in the standard DHS questionnaire has changed over time and was reduced to two in the 2014 revision of the questionnaire. It was also about this time that these questions began to be asked from men.
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Kishor, S., and L. Subaiya. 2008. Understanding Women’s Empowerment: A Comparative Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Data. DHS Comparative Reports No. 20. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Macro International Inc. https://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-cr20-comparative-reports.cfm
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 15.10
API Indicator IDs:
WE_JRSX_W_SEX, WE_JRSX_W_STI
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