Table 2.

Percent distribution of responses to individual attitudes questions about wife hitting or beating, by treatment and control groups and type of transgression, ever-married women 18 – 49 years in six villages in Bangladesh

(n )	DHS-control questions: motivation for transgressions unstated (165)	DHS-modified questions: transgressions unintentional (171)	DHS-modified question: transgressions willful (160)	p
Transgression 1: Goes out without telling him?
Yes	46.06	8.18	48.13	***
No	53.94	91.82	51.87	***
Transgression 2: Neglects the children?
Yes	44.24	2.34	65.00	***
No	55.76	97.66	35.00	***
Transgression 3: Argues with him?
Yes	49.69	0.58	59.38	***
No	50.31	99.42	40.62	***
Transgression 4: Refuses to have sex with him?
Yes	36.96	0.58	37.50	***
No	63.04	99.42	62.50	***
Transgression 5: Does not obey elders?
Yes	56.96	1.17	68.13	***
No	43.04	98.83	31.87	***
Any transgression?
Yes (for any transgression)	67.27	9.36	79.38	***
No	33.33	90.64	20.62	***
All transgressions?
Yes (for all transgressions)	27.87	0.00	31.25	***
No	72.13	100.00	68.75	***

Notes. DHS = Demographic and Health Survey.

^†p ≤ 0.10,

^*p ≤ 0.05,

^**p ≤ 0.01,

^***p ≤ 0.001