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Women’s empowerment is closely associated with the support she receives from her husb<strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> family members. The <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong> TLDHS explored men’s attitude toward a husb<strong>and</strong>’s rights when<br />

his wife refuses to have sexual intercourse. Men were asked whether, when a wife refuses to have<br />

sexual intercourse with him, a husb<strong>and</strong> has the right to get angry <strong>and</strong> reprim<strong>and</strong> her, refuse her<br />

financial support, use force to have sex, or have sex with another woman. Table 15.7.3 indicates that<br />

the majority <strong>of</strong> men (55 percent) agree with none <strong>of</strong> the reasons to justify negative behavior on the<br />

part <strong>of</strong> a man if his wife refuses to have sexual intercourse with him. On the other h<strong>and</strong>, 6 percent <strong>of</strong><br />

men agree with all <strong>of</strong> the specified rights for men to exhibit the specified negative behavior, with men<br />

in Ermera reporting this most <strong>of</strong>ten (28 percent), followed by men in Oecussi (17 percent).<br />

Table 15.7.3 Men’s attitude toward a husb<strong>and</strong>’s rights when his wife refuses to have sexual intercourse<br />

Percentage <strong>of</strong> men age 15-49 who consider that a husb<strong>and</strong> has the right to certain behaviors when a woman refuses to have sex with<br />

him when he wants her to, by background characteristics, <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong><br />

When a woman refuses to have sex with her<br />

husb<strong>and</strong>, he has the right to: Percentage Percentage<br />

Get angry<br />

Have sex who agree who agree<br />

<strong>and</strong> Refuse her Use force with with all <strong>of</strong> the with none <strong>of</strong><br />

Background<br />

reprim<strong>and</strong> financial to have another specified the specified Number <strong>of</strong><br />

characteristic<br />

Age<br />

her support sex woman reasons reasons men<br />

15-19 31.4 16.0 13.4 15.2 2.7 57.2 994<br />

20-24 29.8 20.3 15.5 19.0 6.1 59.8 643<br />

25-29 31.0 22.3 15.7 23.3 6.9 54.6 586<br />

30-34 34.0 21.7 17.6 24.8 8.4 54.5 439<br />

35-39 35.2 22.6 16.7 25.4 8.2 54.1 553<br />

40-44 35.7 26.1 18.7 28.2 8.9 50.5 462<br />

45-49<br />

Employment (past 12 months)<br />

35.9 24.7 17.6 24.9 7.2 48.0 400<br />

Not employed 18.9 8.9 5.2 <strong>10</strong>.1 1.2 72.8 538<br />

Employed for cash 26.6 15.5 11.6 17.4 4.0 63.4 973<br />

Employed not for cash<br />

Marital status<br />

38.1 25.7 19.9 26.0 8.3 47.9 2,564<br />

Never married 29.6 17.0 13.4 15.7 3.4 59.5 1,865<br />

Married or living together 35.6 24.5 17.8 26.8 8.6 50.8 2,158<br />

Divorced/separated/widowed<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> living children<br />

33.2 25.5 31.6 32.3 17.2 57.8 53<br />

0 29.6 17.3 13.6 16.7 3.7 59.1 2,009<br />

1-2 35.5 24.7 18.1 26.4 <strong>10</strong>.1 52.6 638<br />

3-4 35.3 22.5 17.0 26.5 7.3 52.2 720<br />

5+<br />

Residence<br />

37.0 27.3 19.8 27.6 9.5 47.5 709<br />

Urban 23.6 12.8 6.2 11.2 2.3 67.6 1,<strong>10</strong>2<br />

Rural<br />

District<br />

36.2 24.1 19.6 25.7 7.8 50.1 2,974<br />

Aileu 13.0 3.3 1.1 2.7 0.7 85.9 181<br />

Ainaro 8.7 7.4 0.4 7.3 0.0 82.6 217<br />

Baucau 65.7 36.5 56.9 67.5 12.2 9.8 415<br />

Bobonaro 16.6 14.8 34.7 24.2 0.7 35.0 357<br />

Covalima 81.6 66.5 6.6 5.8 2.7 6.8 236<br />

Dili 11.6 4.8 1.2 5.9 0.2 81.0 797<br />

Ermera 41.7 35.1 33.5 44.2 27.7 48.5 491<br />

Lautem 76.4 27.4 7.7 7.0 4.0 22.1 308<br />

Liquiçá 3.8 2.4 2.1 2.3 0.0 92.1 252<br />

Manatuto 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.3 98.6 190<br />

Manufahi 33.7 5.8 6.2 6.2 5.4 64.6 137<br />

Oecussi 65.5 64.4 23.5 72.9 16.7 17.7 235<br />

Viqueque<br />

Education<br />

<strong>10</strong>.0 5.6 2.0 6.2 0.0 84.3 260<br />

No education 29.7 24.6 21.6 27.5 9.5 52.8 791<br />

Primary 32.9 23.0 17.6 25.8 6.3 51.8 1,046<br />

Secondary 35.0 19.7 14.2 19.1 5.6 55.5 2,009<br />

More than secondary<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

24.6 12.4 5.2 8.2 2.1 69.6 230<br />

Lowest 38.6 24.3 14.1 25.4 5.0 48.7 728<br />

Second 32.7 23.3 19.5 24.1 8.8 52.7 781<br />

Middle 35.3 21.4 21.6 25.5 8.1 50.6 786<br />

Fourth 37.2 24.3 16.5 22.5 7.7 52.0 849<br />

Highest 22.3 13.5 9.3 13.2 2.5 67.6 932<br />

Total 15-49 32.8 21.1 16.0 21.8 6.3 54.9 4,076<br />

Note: Total includes one man missing information on employment status.<br />

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