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Ability to Refuse Sex Scale (DHS)

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Type: Relationship power/ control

Citation: Pallitto, C. C.; O'Campo, P. Community level effects of gender inequality on intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy in Colombia: testing the feminist perspective. Social Science and Medicine. 2005;60(10):2205-16

Use of Scale: Measure, Develop/ validate

Level of Generality: Individual

# of Items Reported: 4

Availability: Full

Theme: Gender/social norms, SRH/HIV, Violence

Demographics

Region: Latin America & Caribbean

Country: Colombia

Gender: Female

Urban / Rural: nr

Ethnicity: NR

Age Group: Can't tell

Age Range: Mean age: 28

Scale Information

# of Subscales: NR

Subscale Name(s): NR

Direction and Meaning:

Response Range: NR

Internal Consistency: NA

Internal Consistency by Subgroup: NA

Test-retest Reliability: NA

Sample Items: women's ability to refuse sex with her husband under a set of hypothetical circumstances. The hypothetical conditions include husband having an STD, husband being involved with another woman, respondent recently having given birth, or respondent being tired or not in the mood for sex.

Items

  • Household decision-making
    • final say on decisions about large and small household purchases
  • personal decision-making
    • final say about decisions related to their own health care and visits to family and friends
  • sexual decision-making
    • ability to refuse sex with her husband under a set of hypothetical circumstances
      • husband having an STD
      • husband being involved with another woman
      • respondent recently having given birth
      • respondent being tired or not in the mood for sex

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