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Table 7 Baseline and endline results for social norms, attitudes and experience and perpetration of IPV, disaggregated by faith engagement

From: Engaging with faith groups to prevent VAWG in conflict-affected communities: results from two community surveys in the DRC

 

Baseline (mean/%)

Endline (mean/%)

No religion

Attends services

Takes part

p value

No religion

Attends services

Takes part

p value

Social norms composite scales (mean)

 Gender attitudes scale

15.6

15.3

16.8

< 0.001

18.2

18

18.5

0.162

 Masculinities attitudes scale

14.6

15

15.5

< 0.001

14.5

15.7

15.3

< 0.001

 Rape myths scale

15.8

17.3

16.5

< 0.001

16.2

17.2

17.2

< 0.001

 Stigma scale

9.7

10

10.4

< 0.001

10.5

10.7

10.6

0.615

Agreement with statements associated with justification for and response to IPV (%)

 A woman should tolerate violence to keep her family together

49.5

44.7

65.4

< 0.001

39.7

31.5

33.7

0.019

 A man using violence against his wife is a private matter that shouldn’t be discussed outside the couple

52.7

54.4

51.6

0.525

36.6

28.9

28.7

0.006

 If a man mistreats his wife, others outside of the family should intervene

89.4

86.8

94.8

0.004

75.8

89.9

88.7

< 0.001

 There are times when a woman deserves to be beaten

46.6

56.3

40.9

0.002

29.2

23.3

23.6

0.027

 A man is entitled to sex from his partner even if she doesn’t feel like it

73.1

79.4

66.5

0.001

52

43.4

33.3

< 0.001

Past 12 month experience of IPV (female respondents) (%)

 Emotional IPV

52.9

35.4

57.6

0.019

18.5

23.8

16

0.319

 Physical IPV

37.1

24.6

29.4

0.275

16.3

17.5

16.5

0.971

 Sexual IPV

48.6

41.5

23.9

0.003

17.4

16.3

12.4

0.373

 Any IPV

78.6

55.4

68.5

0.015

29

37.5

26.3

0.178

Past 12 month perpetration of IPV (male respondents) (%)

 Emotional IPV

69.1

35.2

44.9

< 0.001

12.5

6.4

16.6

0.088

 Physical IPV

47.6

38.9

23.4

0.002

12.5

7.9

12.7

0.570

 Sexual IPV

39.3

38.9

21.5

0.013

10.7

6.4

6.6

0.222

 Any IPV

81

61.1

61.7

0.008

24

17.5

23.6

0.529