Table 6 Female attitudes about sex
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 | 480/1466 | 594/1447 | 812/1679 | 772/1458 | 448/1457 | 429/1099 | 856/1516 | 662/1513 | 5053/11635 |
Weighted | 32% | 40% | 49% | 52% | 31% | 39% | 57% | 44% | 43% | |
Missing | 29 | 41 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 89 | 30 | 237 | |
% (number) who said a person has to have sex with their boyfriend or girlfriend to show that they love them | Crude | 428/1464 | 843/1452 | 763/1671 | 743/1461 | 411/1458 | 449/1104 | 651/1590 | 266/1533 | 4554/11733 |
Weighted | 29% | 58% | 46% | 54% | 28% | 41% | 42% | 17% | 39% | |
Missing | 31 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 139 | |
% (number) who said it is okay for an older man to have sex with teenagers. | Crude | 79/1470 | 226/1433 | 104/1679 | 289/1461 | 97/1459 | 108/1112 | 126/1596 | 134/1539 | 1163/11749 |
Weighted | 5% | 16% | 6% | 20% | 7% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 10% | |
Missing | 25 | 55 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 123 | |
% (number) who said men have the right to have sex with their girlfriends if they buy them gifts | Crude | 236/1468 | 534/1426 | 467/1671 | 651/1462 | 286/1450 | 186/1105 | 513/1593 | 216/1531 | 3089/11706 |
Weighted | 16% | 37% | 28% | 48% | 20% | 17% | 33% | 14% | 27% | |
Missing | 27 | 62 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 166 |