Table 4 Attitudes toward gender inequitable norms related to reproductive health stratified by sex and age
Survey question | Male | Female | P | Age ≤ 35 yrs | Age > 35 yrs | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 356 | n = 352 | n = 367 | n = 313 | ||||
It is a woman’s responsibility to avoid getting pregnant | Agree | 239 (73.3) | 261 (74.1) | 0.53 | 263 (71.7) | 239 (76.4) | 0.12 |
Disagree | 27 (26.7) | 85 (24.1) | 102 (27.8) | 70 (22.4) | |||
Missing | 0 (0.0) | 6 (1.7) | 2 (0.5) | 4 (1.3) | |||
It would be outrageous for a wife to ask her husband to use a condom | Agree | 185 (56.7) | 219 (62.2) | 0.10 | 222 (60.5) | 184 (58.8) | 0.99 |
Disagree | 136 (41.7) | 124 (35.2) | 142 (38.7) | 118 (37.7) | |||
Missing | 5 (1.5) | 9 (2.6) | 3 (0.8) | 11 (3.5) | |||
Women who carry condoms on them are ‘easy’ | Agree | 218 (66.9) | 231 (65.6) | 0.73 | 250 (68.1) | 200 (63.9) | 0.56 |
Disagree | 97 (29.8) | 109 (31.0) | 110 (30.0) | 97 (31.0) | |||
Missing | 11 (3.4) | 12 (3.4) | 7 (1.9) | 16 (5.1) |