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Table 10 Female attitudes and subjective norms about sexual violence

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

% (number) who said

 

Botswana

Lesotho

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe

TOTAL

In my culture it is acceptable for a man to beat his wife

Crude

307/1449

495/1418

250/1674

441/1463

310/1451

183/1093

531/1587

425/1528

2942/11663

 

Weighted

21%

35%

15%

32%

21%

17%

34%

28%

25%

 

Missing

46

70

9

8

14

29

18

15

209

most people in our community feel women have a right to refuse sex with their partners

Crude

683/1317

682/1302

721/1647

675/1421

933/1423

528/1041

685/1444

685/1381

5592/10976

 

Weighted

52%

54%

44%

49%

66%

50%

47%

50%

51%

 

Missing

178

186

36

50

42

81

161

162

896

most people in our community feel forcing your partner to have sex is rape

Crude

912/1390

916/1351

793/1641

762/1423

926/1424

664/1064

673/1477

909/1440

6555/11210

 

Weighted

66%

69%

48%

54%

65%

62%

45%

63%

59%

 

Missing

105

137

42

48

41

58

128

103

662