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Table 5 Male attitudes about sex

From: Risk factors for domestic physical violence: national cross-sectional household surveys in eight southern African countries

  

Botswana

Lesotho

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe

TOTAL

% (number) who said women do not have the right to refuse to have sex with their husbands or boyfriends.

Crude

383/981

393/829

568/1165

538/970

436/1151

369/824

681/1255

614/1258

3982/8433

 

Weighted

39%

47%

49%

55%

38%

45%

54%

49%

47%

 

Missing

13

31

5

5

16

11

94

26

201

% (number) who said a person has to have sex with their boyfriend or girlfriend to show that they love them

Crude

350/983

528/838

505/1166

523/971

446/1152

407/821

596/1336

318/1277

3673/8544

 

Weighted

36%

62%

44%

57%

39%

50%

45%

25%

44%

 

Missing

11

22

4

5

15

14

13

7

90

% (number) who said it is okay for an older man to have sex with teenagers.

Crude

75/985

162/820

62/1168

196/972

111/1158

84/826

129/1343

105/1280

924/8552

 

Weighted

8%

21%

5%

21%

10%

10%

10%

8%

11%

 

Missing

9

40

2

3

9

9

6

4

82

% (number) who said men have the right to have sex with their girlfriends if they buy them gifts

Crude

172/980

331/822

285/1166

491/969

365/1154

189/827

509/1342

266/1280

2608/8540

 

Weighted

18%

39%

25%

53%

32%

23%

38%

21%

31%

 

Missing

14

38

4

6

13

8

7

4

94