Table 6

Female attitudes about sex



Botswana
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Swaziland
Zambia
Zimbabwe
TOTAL

% (number) who said women do not have the right to refuse to have sex with their husbands or boyfriends.
Crude
480/1466
594/1447
812/1679
772/1458
448/1457
429/1099
856/1516
662/1513
5053/11635

Weighted
32%
40%
49%
52%
31%
39%
57%
44%
43%

Missing
29
41
4
13
8
23
89
30
237
% (number) who said a person has to have sex with their boyfriend or girlfriend to show that they love them
Crude
428/1464
843/1452
763/1671
743/1461
411/1458
449/1104
651/1590
266/1533
4554/11733

Weighted
29%
58%
46%
54%
28%
41%
42%
17%
39%

Missing
31
36
12
10
7
18
15
10
139
% (number) who said it is okay for an older man to have sex with teenagers.
Crude
79/1470
226/1433
104/1679
289/1461
97/1459
108/1112
126/1596
134/1539
1163/11749

Weighted
5%
16%
6%
20%
7%
10%
8%
9%
10%

Missing
25
55
4
10
6
10
9
4
123
% (number) who said men have the right to have sex with their girlfriends if they buy them gifts
Crude
236/1468
534/1426
467/1671
651/1462
286/1450
186/1105
513/1593
216/1531
3089/11706

Weighted
16%
37%
28%
48%
20%
17%
33%
14%
27%

Missing
27
62
12
9
15
17
12
12
166

Andersson et al. BMC Women's Health 2007 7:11   doi:10.1186/1472-6874-7-11