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Survey: Only 5% Indian women have sole control over choosing their husbands

Overall, 73% of the women surveyed reported their parents or relatives alone chose their husbands

Women attend a class at the Nasscom-aided National Digital Literacy Mission centre in Gurgaon
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Women attend a class at the Nasscom-aided National Digital Literacy Mission centre in Gurgaon

Lavanya Garg | IndiaSpend

How much control do Indian women have over different aspects of their lives?

Not much, according to the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), conducted by the University of Maryland and the National Council of Applied Economic Research in 2004-2005 and 2011-2012.

Only 4.99% of women in India had sole control over choosing their husbands, while 79.8% of women needed permission to visit a health centre, according to the 2012 IHDS survey, showing little change since the IHDS survey in 2005, when 5% reported having sole