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Table 7 Male attitudes about violence

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 sometimes deserve to be beaten

Crude

357/978

345/818

348/1166

395/968

505/1159

415/822

715/1337

421/1278

3501/8526

 

Weighted

37%

41%

30%

41%

44%

51%

53%

33%

41%

 

Missing

16

42

4

7

8

13

12

6

108

% (number) who said if a woman gets raped its her own fault

Crude

165/981

260/823

508/1162

452/970

209/1155

161/816

268/1337

178/1272

2201/8516

 

Weighted

17%

31%

44%

49%

18%

20%

20%

14%

26%

 

Missing

13

37

8

5

12

19

12

12

118

% (number) who said forcing sex with someone you know is not rape

Crude

242/982

302/824

299/1165

240/971

254/1158

84/821

346/1338

205/1281

1972/8540

 

Weighted

25%

36%

26%

25%

22%

10%

26%

16%

23%

 

Missing

12

36

5

4

9

14

11

3

94

% (number) who said Forcing your partner to have sex, is NOT rape

Crude

198/982

292/829

455/1166

309/971

401/1157

261/821

618/1340

395/1276

2929/8542

 

Weighted

20%

35%

39%

33%

35%

32%

46%

31%

34%

 

Missing

12

31

4

4

10

14

9

8

92

% (number) who said violence between a man and a woman is a private matter in which others shouldn't interfere

Crude

296/977

522/823

875/1165

546/970

497/1152

430/820

754/1335

628/1272

4548/8514

 

Weighted

30%

63%

75%

58%

43%

53%

57%

50%

54%

 

Missing

17

37

5

5

15

15

14

12

120