Overview
Type: Views on gender roles in general
Citation: Fulu, E.F. et al., Prevalence of and factors associated with male perpetration of intimate partner violence: findings from the UN Multi-country Cross-sectional Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific. Lancet Global Health, 2013; 1:e187-207.
Use of Scale: Measure
Level of Generality: General
# of Items Reported: 10
Availability: Full
Theme: Gender/social norms, Violence
Demographics
Region: Southeast Asia
Country: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea
Gender: Female
Urban / Rural: nr
Ethnicity: NR
Age Group: Adults only (18+)
Age Range: 18 to 49
Scale Information
# of Subscales: NR
Subscale Name(s): NR
Direction and Meaning:
Response Range: Low equity vs. high/moderate equitable attitudes
Internal Consistency: Cronbach's alpha: 0.72
Internal Consistency by Subgroup: NR
Test-retest Reliability: NR
Sample Items: "If a woman doesn't physically fight back, its not rape"
Items
- A woman’s most important role is to take care of her home and cook for her family
- There are times when a woman deserves to be beaten
- It is a woman’s responsibility to avoid getting pregnant
- A woman should tolerate violence in order to keep her family together
- To be a man, you need to be tough
- A woman should obey her husband
- A man should have the final say in all family matters
- A woman cannot refuse to have sex with her husband
- When a woman is raped, she is usually to blame for putting herself in that situation
- If a woman doesn’t physically fight back, it’s not rape