Table 3 Factor structure and Cronbach’s alpha (last row of table) for the personal beliefs scales (N = 587)
How ready or willing are you to take action by speaking out on each issue | Response to Sexual Violence | Husband’s Right to Use Violence | Protecting Family Honor |
|---|---|---|---|
Husbands should abandon/reject/divorce their wife if she reports that she has been raped | .616 | −.016 | −.075 |
A man should have the right to demand sex from a woman or girl even if he is not married to her | .537 | .113 | .092 |
A woman/girl would be stigmatized if she were to report sexual violence | .524 | −.275 | −.326 |
A woman/girl should be blamed when she has been raped | .506 | .137 | .024 |
Sexual violence against women and girls should be accepted as a normal part of life | .457 | .127 | −.070 |
Families should ignore/reject a daughter if she reports that she has been raped | .454 | .027 | −.017 |
It is okay for a husband to beat his wife to discipline her | .034 | .707 | −.095 |
When a man beats his wife, he is showing his love for her | .037 | .635 | −.025 |
A man has the right to beat/punish his wife | .240 | .580 | −.059 |
A husband should force his wife to have sex when she does not want to | .192 | .464 | −.045 |
Women/girls should not report rape to protect the family dignity | .000 | .028 | −.714 |
A woman/girl’s reputation will be damaged if she reports sexual violence to the authorities | .133 | .003 | −.641 |
Sexual violence should be handled within the family and not reported to authorities | .132 | −.127 | −.621 |
A husband or father should retaliate against the alleged perpetrators | −.144 | .276 | −.512 |
Women and girls should only report sexual violence if they have serious physical injuries | −.016 | .053 | −.497 |
Cronbach’s Alpha | 0.71 | 0.77 | 0.75 |