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Table 5 Changes in acceptance of gender roles among women at post-evaluation in intervention and control groups

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

Norm

Intervention post-evaluation (%)

Control post-evaluation (%)

P value*

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

 Agree

25 (59.5)

28 (93.3)

0.00

 Disagree

17 (40.5)

2 (6.7)

Women are more frugal than men

 Agree

28 (66.6)

28 (93.3)

0.01

 Disagree

14 (33.4)

2 (6.7)

Behaving violently to a problem is a masculine way

 Agree

25 (59.5)

22 (73.3)

0.22

 Disagree

17 (40.4)

8 (26.6)

Women must know more household activities than men

 Agree

22 (52.3)

26 (86.6)

0.00

 Disagree

20 (47.7)

4 (13.3)

Women should prepare meals for the family

 Agree

9 (21.4)

19 (63.3)

0.00

 Disagree

33(78.6)

11 (36.6)

Consuming alcohol and tobacco is a masculine way

 Agree

0 (0.0)

12 (40.0)

0.00

 Disagree

42 (100.0)

18 (60.0)

 Total

42 (100.0)

30 (100.0)

 
  1. Significance level ≤ 0.05