Table 4 Women’s Attitudes towards partner beating of HIV-positive women on ART follow-up in Nekemte town public health facilities, Western Ethiopia, from March-April, 2020
Characteristics = 420 | Frequency | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Attitude toward wife beating composite score | Agree | 137 | 32.62 |
Disagree | 283 | 67.38 | |
Beating Wife is normal if she does not complete her household work to his satisfaction | Agree | 53 | 12.62 |
Disagree | 367 | 87.38 | |
Beating Wife is normal if She disobeys him | Agree | 93 | 22.14 |
Disagree | 327 | 77.86 | |
Beating Wife is normal if She refuses to have sexual relations with him | Agree | 50 | 11.90 |
Disagree | 370 | 88.10 | |
Beating Wife is normal if She asks him whether he has other girlfriends | Agree | 35 | 8.33 |
Disagree | 385 | 91.67 | |
Beating Wife is normal if He suspects that she is unfaithful | Agree | 58 | 13.81 |
Disagree | 362 | 86.19 | |
Beating Wife is normal if He finds out that she has been unfaithful | Agree | 72 | 17.14 |
Disagree | 348 | 82.86 | |
Attitude to refuse to have sex in some situations composite score | Agree | 349 | 83.10 |
Disagree | 71 | 16.90 | |
Women can refuse sex when She doesn’t want | Agree | 242 | 57.62 |
Disagree | 178 | 42.38 | |
Women can refuse sex when He is drunk | Agree | 278 | 66.19 |
Disagree | 142 | 33.81 | |
Women can refuse sex when She is sick | Agree | 299 | 71.19 |
Disagree | 121 | 28.81 | |
Women can refuse sex when He mistreats her | Agree | 286 | 68.10 |
Disagree | 134 | 31.90 | |
Women can refuse sex when She suspects he has extra-marital sexual relations with another woman | Agree | 259 | 61.67 |
Disagree | 161 | 38.33 | |
Women can refuse sex when She suspects her husband has an STI/HIV | Agree | 139 | 33.10 |
Disagree | 281 | 66.90 |