Tanzanian Couples’ Perspectives on Gender Equity, Relationship Power, and Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the RESPECT Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of couples in the RESPECT study.

			Women
Variable	Men						All women
			IPV		No IPV
𝑁^a	567		114		442		567
Mean age (min, max)	32.9 (19, 60)		26.3 (18, 35)		26.6 (17, 35)		26.5 (17, 35)
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Education status (%)
None	43	7.7	18	15.8	63	14.3	82	14.5
Some primary	87	15.5	32	28.1	108	24.4	142	25.4
Primary completed	389	69.3	60	52.6	258	58.4	319	57.0
Some secondary	23	4.1	2	1.7	9	2.0	11	2.0
Secondary or higher completed	19	3.4	2	1.7	4	0.9	6	1.1
Self-reported SEP (%)
0–2 (low)	278	49.0	61	53.5	237	53.6	303	53.5
3–7 (high)	289	51.0	53	46.5	205	46.4	263	46.5
Attitudes about IPV
Is a husband ever justified in beating his wife?
Yes	265	47.7	84	73.7	308	70.5	394	71.0
No	291	52.3	30	26.3	129	29.5	161	29.0
Is any kind of violence justified if a woman refuses sex?
Yes	248	44.5	89*	78.8	269*	61.4	360	64.9
No	309	55.5	24*	21.2	169*	38.6	195	35.1
Opinions about relationship power
Who has more say about having sex?
Husband	304	54.6	83	72.8	290	65.6	374	67.0
Wife	74	13.3	8	7.0	24	5.4	32	5.7
Both	179	32.1	23	20.2	128	29.0	152	27.3
Who has more power in your relationship?
Husband	361	65.2	101	88.6	384	86.9	487	87.3
Wife	85	15.3	5	4.4	12	2.7	17	3.0
Both	108	19.5	8	7.0	46	10.4	54	9.7

^aDistributions of baseline characteristics do not always add up to total 𝑛 because of missing responses.
^∗𝑃<0.05.