Spousal Infidelity

Anchoring Vignettes for Women - Spousal Infidelity

Questions:

1. During [their/your] time together, did [name of person/you] suspect or know that [his or her/your] [wife/girlfriend or husband/boyfriend] had sexual relations with other [men or women] apart from [him or her/you]?

1. Yes
2. Suspect
3. Can't know
4. Probably not
5. No
6. Don't know

Vignettes:

1. [John] has been married for one year, and his wife has always washed his clothes whenever he asked. However, in the last week when he has asked her to wash clothes, she responds that she is too tired.

2. [Sarah] sees her boyfriend talking to another girl in the village. He says he doesn’t like that other girl, but the other girl is very pretty. Sarah has heard that the other girl moves around with other boys.

3. [Patrick]’s girlfriend has refused to have sex with him for the last two weeks.

4. [Agnes]’s best friend has told her that she thinks Agnes’s husband is having sex with another woman in the village. Agnes has noticed that her husband has been away from their home more often than usual over the last two months.

5. [Paul] was away in Blantyre for several months, and returned to find that his wife is wearing new, expensive clothes.

6. [Alfred]’s wife always told him when she was going anywhere even if it was to the nearby market to buy food, but she has recently been going away for a long period of time without telling him. When she returns she says she has been shopping, but she didn’t buy anything.

7. [Angela]’s husband works in a nearby city for two months every year. He has promised her he is always faithful and his best friend also tells her that he never moves around.