Table 3.

Expressing desire not to have sex and desire to have sex among study women and men (n=185); married women ages 16–25 in Bangalore, India, 2005–2006.

	Respondents (n=185)
	N	Percent
Desire not to have sex
Converge
Wife expressed refusal and husband approved	92	49.73
Wife did not express refusal and husband did not approve	22	11.89
Diverge
Wife expressed refusal, husband did not approve	46	24.86
Wife did not express refusal, husband approved	25	13.51
Desire to have sex
Converge
Wife expressed desire and husband approved	37	20.00
Wife did not express desire and husband did not approve	37	20.00
Diverge
Wife expressed desire, husband did not approve	18	9.73
Wife did not express, husband approved	93	50.27