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. 2014 Jun;14(2):299–313. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v14i2.4

Table 3.

Respondents Perception on Violence against Women

Perception Questions Agree Not sure Disagree
Violence to females occurs to women in all profession 223(73.1) 78(25.6) 4(1.3)
Violence from client is part of business, there is nothing to be
done about it
212(69.5) 81(26.6) 12(3.9)
Abuse occurs even to wealthy women 217(71.1) 79(25.9) 9(3.0)
Women should only play a background role in the society 207(67.9) 88(28.9) 10(3.3)
Women shouldn't be involved in politics and governance 202(66.2) 90(29.5) 13(4.3)
Violence to women occurs in all countries of the world 225(73.8) 78(25.6) 2(0.6)
Women and men should have equal opportunities 213(69.8) 79(25.9) 13(4.3)
Coercion of women into sex work is a type of violence 205(67.2) 86(28.2) 14(4.6)
Rape is a very serious form of violence 227(74.4) 69(22.6) 9(3.0)
Clients having sex and refusing condom use is violence to you 225(73.7) 74(24.3) 6(2.0)

Mean perception score was 11.49±1.11.