Table 2 Distribution of respondents’ family structure, decision-making measures and negotiating safe sexual practices, NDHS 2018
Characteristics | Urban and rural | Urban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Family structure | |||
Monogamous | 19,721 (69.9) | 7959 (78.3) | 11,762 (65.2) |
Polygamous | 8498 (30.1) | 2212 (21.7) | 6286 (34.8) |
Decision on respondent's healthcare | |||
Husband/partner alone and other | 15,810 (56.0) | 4342 (42.6) | 11,468 (63.5) |
Jointly | 9554 (33.9) | 4419 (43.5) | 5135 (28.5) |
Alone | 2855 (10.1) | 1410 (13.9) | 1445 (8.0) |
Decision on large household purchase | |||
Husband/partner alone and other | 16.681 (59.2) | 4809 (47.3) | 11,872 (65.8) |
Jointly | 9889 (35.0) | 4555 (44.8) | 5334 (29.6) |
Alone | 1649 (5.8) | 807 (7.9) | 842 (4.7) |
Decision on how to spend respondent's earning | |||
Husband/partner alone and other | 1651 (9.56) | 493 (6.7) | 1158 (11.6) |
Jointly | 3610 (20.9) | 1865 (25.6) | 1745 (17.5) |
Alone | 12,009 (69.5) | 4940 (67.7) | 7069 (70.9) |
Wife justified asking the husband to use a condom if he has STI | |||
No | 6575 (23.3) | 1832 (18.0) | 4743 (26.3) |
Yes | 21,644 (76.7) | 8339 (82.0) | 13,305 (73.7) |
Refusing to have sex with the husband if he has sex with other women | |||
No | 8575 (30.4) | 2871 (28.2) | 5704 (31.6) |
Yes | 19,644 (69.6) | 7300 (71.8) | 12,344 (68.4) |