TABLE 2—
Percentage of Disapprovals for Interpersonal Violence and Traditional Harmful Practices by Study Adolescents: Afghanistan, 2016
Boys (n = 431), % | Girls (n = 485), % | P | |
Interpersonal violence | |||
Most husbands hit their wives | 76.8 | 73.6 | .27 |
Most parents hit their children | 72.6 | 71.1 | .62 |
Most teachers hit their students | 59.6 | 61.9 | .49 |
Most boys hit their friends | 83.3 | 71.6 | < .01 |
Most girls hit their friends | 84.9 | 77.1 | < .01 |
Traditional harmful practice | |||
Exchanging a daughter for family debt | 99.1 | 98.4 | .34 |
Older men forcing a boy to have sex | 99.8 | 100 | .47a |
Marrying a child off before he or she is born | 98.8 | 97.5 | .14 |
Fisher exact test.