Table 1

Score assignment to questions on women’s financial autonomy

QuestionYesNo
1. Are you able to spend the money you earn as you yourself want?01
2. Do you have to give all or part of the money you earn to your husband?10
3. Has your husband ever taken your earnings/savings or your valuables/other property from you against your will?10
4. Have you ever given up or refused a job for money because your husband did not want you to work?10
5. Does your husband ever refuse to give you money for household expenses, even when he has the money for other things?10
6. Do you think that you alone could raise enough money to house and feed your family for 4 weeks in an emergency?01