The National Family Health Survey 5 2019-20-India: Mobility Outside Home or Community includes 3 items from the Women's Questionnaire to assess the ability of the female respondent to move freely outside the context of her home or neighborhood. Navigational aspects (i.e. skip-out patterns and next question sequences) have not been included on this page but can be viewed on the original questionnaire located here.
Geographies Tested: India
Populations Included: Female
Age Range: Adolescents, Adults
Are you usually allowed to go to the following places alone, only with someone else, or not at all?
1. To the market?
2. To the health facility?
3. To places outside this villagecommunity?
Response Options:
Alone
With someone else only
Not at all
Not Applicable
International Institute for Population Sciences (2019). National Family Health Survey, India 2019-20: Women's Questionnaire. http://rchiips.org/NFHS/about.shtml.
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