Table 1 Women’s empowerment indicator in the Woman’s questionnaire 2017 IDHS
No. | Women’s Empowerment Indicators | Response | |
|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||
Decision-making participation | |||
1. | Decision-making alone or jointly in women’s own health care | 1 | 0 |
2. | Decision-making alone or jointly in large household purchases | 1 | 0 |
3. | Decision-making alone or jointly in visits to family or friends | 1 | 0 |
Attitude towards wife-beating | |||
4. | Agree that a husband is justified in hitting/beating his wife if she goes out without telling him | 0 | 1 |
5. | Agree that a husband is justified in hitting/beating his wife if she neglects the children | 0 | 1 |
6. | Agree that a husband is justified in hitting/beating his wife if she argues with him | 0 | 1 |
7. | Agree that a husband is justified in hitting/beating his wife if she refuses to have sex with him | 0 | 1 |
8. | Agree that a husband is justified in hitting/beating his wife if she burns the food | 0 | 1 |
Attitude towards refusing sex with husband | |||
9. | Wife is justified in refusing to have sex with her husband when she knows her husband has a sexually transmitted disease | 1 | 0 |
10. | Wife is justified in refusing to have sex with her husband when she knows her husband has sex with other women | 1 | 0 |
Labor force participation | |||
11. | Worked in the last 12 months | 1 | 0 |