Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 3.16.2 Men’s attitudes toward wife refusing sex with husbandPercentage of men who believe that a wife is justified in refusing to have sex with her husband for specific reasons, by backgroundcharacteristics, Zambia 2001-2002––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Wife is justified in refusingsex with her husband if she:–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Percentage PercentageKnows Knows who agree who agreehusband has husband Is tired with all with nonea sexually has sex Has or not of the of the Numbertransmitted with other recently in the specified specified ofBackground characteristic disease women given birth mood reasons reasons men––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 62.7 80.8 78.3 85.5 49.4 4.2 45920-24 64.6 89.4 76.6 91.4 51.3 2.5 34625-29 71.3 93.5 80.5 96.0 60.2 0.7 36130-34 77.1 95.1 85.5 96.1 66.4 0.8 28135-39 79.0 93.6 86.4 94.1 67.9 1.4 24140-44 74.2 97.0 86.6 97.0 66.9 0.6 17445-49 81.6 94.9 90.6 96.0 74.0 1.5 11350-54 82.6 98.3 85.8 96.2 72.8 0.0 10055-59 75.3 86.6 84.4 93.3 61.3 1.5 71Marital statusNever married 64.9 84.1 78.6 88.7 52.9 3.7 782Married or living together 76.0 94.4 84.1 95.3 64.7 0.7 1,248Divorced/separated/widowed 66.2 95.1 84.9 93.7 57.2 1.7 116Number of living children0 66.5 84.9 77.9 89.3 53.3 3.2 8611-2 71.0 95.3 82.6 95.9 60.6 1.0 4473-4 74.4 92.8 86.2 94.3 64.7 1.6 3365+ 78.3 95.1 86.2 95.1 67.9 0.4 501ResidenceUrbanRural73.170.390.490.883.181.593.392.561.059.41.71.98511,294ProvinceCentral 68.5 87.7 83.3 85.5 54.7 2.2 165Copperbelt 74.8 90.6 82.0 92.5 60.5 1.1 447Eastern 70.7 88.3 74.6 92.6 58.6 3.5 268Luapula 61.9 92.8 84.0 97.2 54.1 0.6 166Lusaka 67.4 92.9 84.5 94.6 56.9 1.3 314Northern 72.5 88.4 82.3 92.4 62.1 2.1 292North-Western 92.4 95.0 92.4 93.3 83.6 0.8 93Southern 64.4 90.7 79.5 94.1 53.2 1.5 232Western 79.6 93.0 84.7 92.4 70.7 3.8 169EducationNo education 68.9 82.4 74.5 91.4 49.5 3.3 108Primary 68.0 89.3 80.3 91.2 56.6 2.3 1,100Secondary 74.0 92.6 84.1 94.3 63.2 1.3 808Higher 86.1 97.8 91.1 99.1 77.8 0.0 129EmploymentNot employed 66.7 86.4 81.2 90.9 55.1 2.6 688Employed for cash 73.7 92.5 81.2 94.3 63.0 2.0 913Employed not for cash 73.4 93.0 84.8 92.7 61.1 0.7 542Number of decisions in whichwife should have greater say 10 67.0 88.7 77.5 91.7 55.1 3.2 5441-2 66.7 89.2 80.5 92.3 54.9 1.3 7893-4 78.9 93.5 86.8 94.0 68.3 1.5 813Number of reasons wifebeating is justified0 79.1 90.8 81.8 92.3 67.6 2.8 6591-2 69.2 89.7 82.7 93.5 55.4 1.3 7023-4 67.1 89.9 81.1 92.5 56.6 1.7 5495 66.8 95.1 83.8 92.9 60.8 1.3 236Total 71.4 90.7 82.1 92.8 60.0 1.9 2,145–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––1Either by herself or jointly with othersFigure 3.3 illustrates that for men, the least acceptable reason for a wife to refuse sex is knowledgethat the husband has an STI (71 percent), whereas for the women it is being tired and not in the mood (67percent). Surprisingly, for men this is the most widely accepted reason for a woman to refuse sex with herhusband (93 percent).Characteristics of Respondents │ 51