Table 2 Association between women's attitudes towards marital norms, justifications for a man to hit his wife and woman's right to refuse sex and physical or sexual violence (OR, 95% CI).
ATTIDUDES | All women | Physical violence | Sexual violence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 765 | OR | CI 95% | OR | CI 95% | |
GENDER ROLES | |||||
Good wife obeys husband | |||||
Disagree | 42% | 1 | 1 | ||
Agree (traditional) | 58% | 0.71 | 0.45-1.12 | 1.44* | 1.01-2.06 |
Family problems should only be discussed with people in the family | |||||
Disagree | 6% | 1 | 1 | ||
Agree (traditional) | 94% | 0.56 | 0.24-1.32 | 0.82 | 0.39-171 |
A man should show who is the boss | |||||
Disagree | 17% | 1 | 1 | ||
Agree (traditional) | 83% | 1.31 | 0.67-2.55 | 1.89* | 1.09-3.26 |
A wife is obliged to have sex with her husband | |||||
Disagree | 19% | 1 | 1 | ||
Agree (traditional) | 81% | 0.48* | 0.29-0.80 | 0.82 | 0.53-1.26 |
Woman should be able to choose own friends | |||||
Agree | 58% | 1 | 1 | ||
Disagree (traditional) | 42% | 1.32 | 0.83-2.08 | 0.99 | 0.69-1.41 |
Others outside family should intervene | |||||
Agree | 66% | 1 | 1 | ||
Disagree (traditional) | 34% | 0.58* | 0.34-0.99 | 0.76 | 0.52-1.11 |
JUSTIFICATION FOR HITTING | |||||
Hitting wife is never justified | 42% | 1 | 1 | ||
Hitting wife is justified for one reason only | 39% | 1.47 | 0.88-2.45 | 1.19 | 0.79-1.764 |
Hitting wife is justified for two or more reasons | 16% | 1.69 | 0.89-3.20 | 2.09* | 1.30-3.38 |
JUSTIFICATION FOR REFUSING SEX | |||||
To refuse sex is justified for all four reasons | 59% | 1 | 1 | ||
To refuse sex is justified for up to 3 reasons | 31% | 0.81 | 0.47-1.41 | 0.76 | 0.47-1.07 |
To refuse sex is justified for 1 reason or no reason at all | 8% | 2.98* | 1.54-5.77 | 0.74 | 0.37-1.47 |