Table 10 Perceptions of community beliefs regarding men's motivations for ADTS
| Â | Responses | Age group | Gender | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phrases | Most people or everyone | Half | Few or no one | No answer | Df = 12 | Df = 5 |
How many people in your community believe that… | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | x2, p-value | x2, p-value |
Men get involved with girls because they cannot control their sexual desires | 190 (46.1) | 65 (15.8) | 131 (31.8) | 26 (6.3) | 16.719, 0.161 | 3.809, 0.283 |
Men think that the body of a girl is more attractive than that of a woman | 215 (52.2) | 87 (21.1) | 92 (22.3) | 18 (4.4) | 23.338, 0.025 | 3.162, 0.367 |
Men like to get involved with girls because they are easier to control than women | 223 (54.1) | 81 (19.7) | 87 (21.1) | 21 (5.1) | 21.378, 0.045 | 1.100, 0.778 |
Men never refuse sex offered by a girl | 219 (53.2) | 77 (18.7) | 96 (23.3) | 20 (4.6) | 25.578, 0.012 | 3.048, 0.384 |
Men get more pleasure from sex with girls than with women | 176 (42.7) | 83 (20.2) | 126 (30.6) | 27 (6.5) | 11.595, 0.479 | 3.044, 0.385 |
Men feel more powerful in sexual relations with girls than with women | 190 (46.1) | 90 (21.8) | 110 (26.7) | 22 (5.3) | 20.527, 0.058 | 0.431, 0.934 |
If a man gets involved with a girl, he's seen as virile by women in the community | 155 (37.6) | 80 (19.4) | 148 (35.9) | 29 (7.0) | 9.108, 0.694 | 1.610, 0.657 |
Girls that are involved with men are manipulating them (the men) | 125 (30.3) | 82 (19.9) | 178 (43.2) | 27 (6.6) | 15.078, 0.237 | 8.861, 0.031 |
Men involved with girls are manipulating them (the girls) | 189 (45.9) | 84 (20.4) | 120 (29.1) | 19 (4.6) | 16.434, 0.172 | 8.663, 0.034 |
When a girl and a man have sexual relations, the man benefits more | 178 (43.2) | 93 (22.6) | 109 (26.5) | 32 (7.8) | 20.764, 0.054 | 3.796, 0.284 |