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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Violence. 2017 Oct 12;8(5):580–595. doi: 10.1037/vio0000152
Community Gender Norms Married Men 35–49 Years Individual Exposure to Violence in Childhood Married Men 18–34 Years

Fit Statistics SHa EFA SH CFA FSc CFA Fit Statistics SHb EFA SH CFA FSc CFA
RMSEA 0.70 0.08 0.07 RMSEA 0.08 0.09 0.08
CFI 0.94 0.93 0.93 CFI 0.95 0.95 0.95
TLI 0.92 0.91 0.90 TLI 0.93 0.93 0.93

Items: Factord Loading Items:
Before you reached 18:
Factore Loading

A woman’s most important role is to take care of her home and cook for her family. 0.60 … you saw or heard my mother being beaten by her husband or boyfriend. 0.62
Men need sex more than women do. 0.42 … you were told you were lazy or stupid or weak by someone your my family. 0.76
It is a woman’s responsibility to avoid getting pregnant. 0.64 … someone touched your buttocks or genitals or made you touch them when you did not want to. 0.81
You think that a woman should obey her husband. 0.61 … you were insulted or humiliated by someone in your family in front of other people. 0.76
You think that a man should have the final say in all family matters. 0.70 … you were beaten at home with a belt or stick or something else which was hard. 0.74
There are times when a woman deserves to be beaten. 0.53 …one or both of your parents were too drunk to take care of you. 0.54
A woman should tolerate violence in order to keep her family together. 0.62 … you were beaten so hard at home that it left a mark or bruise. 0.52
If someone insults you, you will defend your reputation, with force if you have to. 0.38

SH = Split-Half Sample N=285.

b

SH = Split-Half Sample N=469.

c

FS = Full-sample.

d

Factor loadings from full-sample CFA. Factor loadings from full-sample CFA.