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According to the law, is a husband who forces his wife to have sex against her will committing a criminal act (that is, the husband can be fined or put in jail)?

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Violence Laws: Perceptions

English wording

According to the law, is a husband who forces his wife to have sex against her will committing a criminal act (that is, the husband can be fined or put in jail)?

Response Options

  • Yes
  • No
  • Dk/Rf/Na
Countries it was asked in Year Language Who was asked Gender of who was asked
Bosnia & Herzegovina
2011
Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian)
ALL RESPONDENTS
men
Cambodia
2013
Khmer
ALL RESPONDENTS
men
Egypt
2016
Arabic
ALL RESPONDENTS
men, women
El Salvador
2016
Spanish
ALL RESPONDENTS
men
India
2009
Hindi English
ALL RESPONDENTS
men, women
Indonesia
2013
Indonesian Papuan
ALL RESPONDENTS
men
Kuwait
2018
Arabic
ALL RESPONDENTS
men, women
Mozambique
2015
Portuguese Xichangana
ALL RESPONDENTS
men, women
Nigeria
2014
English Hausa Igbo Yoruba
ALL RESPONDENTS
men, women
Palestine
2016
Arabic
ALL RESPONDENTS
men, women
Vietnam
2011
Vietnamese
ALL RESPONDENTS
men