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Table 9 Male 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

268/983

337/812

151/1163

317/965

327/1158

203/813

507/1329

382/1275

2492/8498

 

Weighted

27%

41%

13%

33%

28%

25%

38%

30%

29%

 

Missing

11

48

7

10

9

22

20

9

136

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

Crude

473/899

386/766

574/1142

461/957

741/1133

338/766

601/1251

505/1186

4079/8100

 

Weighted

53%

52%

50%

49%

66%

44%

48%

43%

50%

 

Missing

95

94

28

18

34

69

98

98

534

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

Crude

650/943

509/777

616/1150

582/956

760/1138

491/801

602/1266

757/1212

4967/8243

 

Weighted

69%

66%

54%

60%

67%

61%

47%

63%

60%

 

Missing

51

83

20

19

29

34

83

72

391