22,975 Hindus, 3,336 Muslims, 1,782 Sikhs, 1,011 Christians, 719 Buddhists, 109 Jains and 67 respondents who belong to another religion or are religiously unaffiliated
Method of interview
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Adults who completely agree that a wife must obey her husband India 2020, by state
According to a survey carried out in 2020 in India, 90 percent of respondents from Himachal Pradesh completely agreed that wives should obey their husbands. By contrast, during the same time period, only 32 percent of respondents from West Bengal completely agreed that wives should obey their husbands.
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