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Table 8 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

279/1459

426/1429

654/1677

539/1463

425/1454

436/1099

751/1592

368/1536

3878/11709

 

Weighted

19%

30%

39%

38%

29%

40%

47%

24%

33%

 

Missing

36

59

6

8

11

23

13

7

163

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

Crude

158/1463

339/1427

625/1673

544/1462

143/1458

120/1104

306/1591

171/1538

2406/11716

 

Weighted

11%

24%

37%

39%

10%

11%

19%

11%

21%

 

Missing

32

61

10

9

7

18

14

5

156

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

Crude

324/1466

506/1428

437/1674

436/1462

259/1459

146/1108

448/1593

261/1535

2817/11725

 

Weighted

22%

36%

26%

29%

18%

13%

28%

17%

24%

 

Missing

29

60

9

9

6

14

12

8

147

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

Crude

279/1467

509/1458

754/1676

536/1464

476/1457

371/1110

807/1592

515/1529

4247/11753

 

Weighted

19%

35%

45%

36%

33%

34%

51%

34%

36%

 

Missing

28

30

7

7

8

12

13

14

119

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

Crude

360/1458

809/1428

1335/1678

813/1461

556/1457

517/1102

831/1591

790/1523

6011/11698

 

Weighted

24%

57%

80%

56%

38%

47%

52%

52%

51%

 

Missing

37

60

5

10

8

20

14

20

174