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Table 7 Personal attitudes regarding the role of family and friends

From: Personal beliefs and social norms regarding the sexual exploitation of girls in age-disparate transactional sexual relationships in Brazil: a mixed-methods study

 

Response

Age group

Gender

Phrases

Agree or totally agree

Don’t agree nor disagree

Disagree or totally disagree

No answer

Df = 12

Df = 5

You think…

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

x2, p-value

x2, p-value

The family is responsible for the sexual behavior of a girl

219 (53.2)

64 (15.5)

125 (30.3)

4 (1.0)

10.950, 0.533

27.711, < 0.001

The family is judged by the girl's sexual behavior

254 (61.6)

65 (15.8)

91 (22.1)

2 (0.5)

8.155, 0.773

2.498, 0.476

Girls that get involved with men are seen as popular by other girls

202 (49.0)

51 (12.4)

153 (37.1)

6 (1.5)

10.249, 0.594

20.609, < 0.001

Female friends encourage each other to have relationships with men

303 (73.5)

45 (10.9)

62 (15.1)

2 (0.5)

12.067, 0.440

25.012, < 0.001