Table 2.

Nepali perceptions of whether certain family attributes are more common in Nepal or the U.S., in traditional or developed places, in rich or poor places and in educated or uneducated places.

Question	Nepal	US	Same	Missing	Traditional	Developed	Same	Missing	Poor	Rich	Same	Missing	Uneducated	Educated	Same	Missing
1. People marrying at older ages					19.0	80.3	0.2	0.6	24.2	73.2	1.5	1.1	18.4	80.1	0.6	0.9
Child marriage	82.3	15.3	0.6	1.9
2. Marriages arranged by parents1	90.7	7.3	0.4	1.7	67.2	30.9	1.1	0.7
Young people choosing their spouse									26.4	66.1	6.3	1.1	8.4	89.4	1.1	1.1
3. Women having a high degree of respect2	18.6	78.0	1.3	2.0	19.0	79.1	0.9	0.9	16.9	79.7	2.8	0.6	8.4	89.9	0.9	0.7
4. Married couples using contraception					7.4	91.6	0.6	0.4	14.9	81.4	2.6	1.1	6.3	92.2	0.7	0.7
5. Women who never marry3	27.4	65.4	1.9	5.4	33.0	60.0	6.0	1.1
6. Large families with many children	87.9	10.4	0.6	1.1	74.7	24.6	0.4	0.4
7. Polygamous families	84.9	10.8	0.7	3.5	61.8	35.2	2.0	0.9
8. Adult children having more control over their earnings					13.8	84.2	1.3	0.7
Parental control over the adult children’s earnings	57.4	38.2	1.3	3.2
9. People working away from their family for pay	13.0	84.7	0.7	1.5	19.2	78.2	1.9	0.6
10. Married sons living with their parents	72.1	24.4	0.6	3.0

Source: 2003 Chitwan Valley, Nepal Survey

Bold-the response we believe most closely matches the developmental idealism answer.