Table 7.
Beliefs, attitudes, and community tolerance of adult Haitian women about abuse post-earthquake (Haiti 2011–2013); from: World Health Organization (WHO) (Garcia-Moreno et al. 2006)
| Beliefs and attitudes | Abused | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| No n (%) |
Yes n (%) |
||
| She does not complete her household work to his satisfaction | |||
| No response | 8 (10.7) | 9 (6.8) | 0.267 |
| No | 51 (68.0) | 92 (69.2) | |
| Yes | 8 (10.7) | 24 (18.0) | |
| Do not know | 8 (10.7) | 8 (6.0) | |
| She disobeys him | |||
| No response | 8 (10.7) | 9 (6.8) | 0.128 |
| No | 44 (58.7) | 77 (57.9) | |
| Yes | 15 (20.0) | 41 (30.8) | |
| Do not know | 8 (10.7) | 6 (4.5) | |
| She refused to have sex with him | |||
| No response | 8 (10.7) | 9 (6.8) | 0.740 |
| No | 55 (73.3) | 99 (74.4) | |
| Yes | 10 (13.3) | 22 (16.5) | |
| Do not know | 2 (2.7) | 3 (2.3) | |
| She asks him whether he has other girlfriends | |||
| No response | 8 (10.7) | 9 (6.8) | 0.780 |
| No | 55 (73.3) | 103 (77.4) | |
| Yes | 9 (12.0) | 16 (12.0) | |
| Do not know | 3(4.0) | 5 (3.8) | |
| He suspects that she is unfaithful | |||
| No response | 8 (10.7) | 9 (6.8) | 0.560 |
| No | 40 (53.3) | 81 (60.9) | |
| Yes | 18 (24.0) | 32 (24.0) | |
| Do not know | 9 (12.0) | 11 (8.3) | |
| He finds out that she has been unfaithful | |||
| No Response | 8 (10.7) | 9 (6.8) | 0.301 |
| No | 44 (58.7) | 69 (51.9) | |
| Yes | 16 (21.3) | 44 (33.0) | |
| Don’t know | 7 (9.3) | 11 (8.3) | |
| Family problems should only be discussed with family members | |||
| No response | 8 (10.7) | 9 (6.8) | 0.377 |
| No | 18 (24.0) | 23 (17.3) | |
| Yes | 48 (64.0) | 97 (72.9) | |
| Don’t know | 1 (1.3) | 4 (3.0) | |
| It is important for a man to show his wife/partner who is the boss | |||
| No response | 8 (10.7) | 10 (7.5) | 0.654 |
| No | 25 (33.3) | 37 (27.8) | |
| Yes | 37 (49.3) | 76 (57.2) | |
| Do not know | 5 (6.7) | 10 (7.5) | |
| A woman should be able to choose her own friends even if her husband disapproves | |||
| No response | 8 (10.7) | 10 (7.5) | 0.552 |
| No | 45 (60.0) | 73 (54.9) | |
| Yes | 19 (25.3) | 40 (30.1) | |
| Do not know | 3 (4.0) | 10 (7.5) | |
| It’s a wife’s obligation to have sex with her husband even if she doesn’t feel like it | |||
| No response | 8 (10.7) | 9 (6.8) | 0.646 |
| No | 44 (58.7) | 80 (60.1) | |
| Yes | 21 (28.0) | 37 (27.8) | |
| Do not know | 2 (2.7) | 7 (5.3) | |
| If a man mistreats his wife, others outside of the family should intervene | |||
| No response | 8 (10.7) | 9 (6.8) | 0.658 |
| No | 20 (26.7) | 32 (24.1) | |
| Yes | 45 (60.0) | 86 (64.6) | |
| Do not know | 2 (2.7) | 6 (4.5) | |