Jennifer Scott|Michele R. Hacker|Sarah Averbach|Anna M. Modest|Sarah E. Cornish|Danielle Spencer|Maureen Murphy|Parveen Parmar
Influences of sex, age and education on attitudes towards gender inequitable norms and practices in South Sudan
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Harvard University|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center|Brigham and Women's Hospital
prolonged conflict south sudan exacerbated gender disparities inequities study assessed differences attitudes towards gender inequitable norms practices sex age education inform programming applying communitybased participatory research methodology 680 adult respondents selected quota sampling interviewed seven south sudanese communities 2009 2011 verbally administered survey assessed attitudes using gender equitable men scale data stratified sex age education 680 respondents 352 female 326 male two report sex majority respondents agreed gender inequitable household roles majority disagreed gender inequitable practices ie early marriage forced marriage inequitable education girls respondents reported education likely reported education agree gender inequitable practices p 003 except forced marriage p 007 significant differences observed responses stratified sex age study reveals agreement gender inequitable norms household overall disagreement gender inequitable practices sampled communities findings support education women men may promote gender equitable norms practices