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Table 4 Changes in acceptance of gender norms among women in control group at post-evaluation

From: The effect of a community based health promotion intervention to change gender norms among women in a rural community in Sri Lanka

Norm

Control pre-evaluation (%)

Control pre-evaluation (%)

P value*

Women are more responsible for nurturing and caring for children than men

 Agree

28 (93.3)

28 (93.3)

1.00

 Disagree

2 (6.7)

2 (6.7)

Women are more frugal than men

 Agree

29 (96.6)

28 (93.3)

0.55

 Disagree

1 (3.3)

2 (6.7)

Behaving violently to a problem is a masculine way

 Agree

24 (80.0)

22 (73.3)

0.54

 Disagree

6 (20.0)

8 (26.6)

Women must know more household activities than men

 Agree

26 (86.6)

26 (86.6)

1.00

 Disagree

4 (13.3)

4 (13.3)

Women should prepare meals for the family

 Agree

20 (66.6)

19 (63.3)

0.79

 Disagree

10 (33.3)

11 (36.6)

Consuming alcohol and tobacco is a masculine way

 Agree

11 (36.6)

12 (40.0)

0.79

 Disagree

19 (63.4)

18 (60.0)

 Total

30 (100.0)

30 (100.0)

 
  1. *Significance level ≤ 0.05