Table 27: Justification for men hitting their wife if he finds out that she has been unfaithful, by gender 32 Table 28: Justification for men hitting their wife if she goes against Islam, by gender 32 Table 29: Justification for men hitting their wife if she beats the children,by gender 32 Table 30: A husband should never hit his wife under any circumstances, by gender 33 Table 31: Does the woman have a good reason to hit her husband if: she does not complete housework to her satisfaction, by gender 33 Table 32: Does the woman have a good reason to hit her husband if he disobeys her, by gender 33 Table 33: Does the woman have a good reason to hit her husband if he if he refuses to have sex,by gender 33 Table 34: Does the woman have a good reason to hit her husband if he asks her whether she has other boyfriends,by gender 34 Table 35: Does the woman have a good reason to hit her husband if she suspects that he is unfaithful, by gender 34 Table 36: Does the woman have a good reason to hit her husband if she knows that he is unfaithful, by gender 34 Table 37: Does the woman have a good reason to hit her husband if he goes against Islam, by gender 34 Table 38: Does the woman have a good reason to hit her husband if he beats her children, by gender 34 Table 39: A wife should never hit her husband under any circumstances, by gender 35 Table 40: Justification for a married man/woman hitting wife/husband 35 Table 41: A married woman cannot refuse to have sex with her husband,by gender 35 Table 42: A married woman can refuse to have sex with her husband 36 Table 43: A married man/woman can refuse to have sex with his wife/ her husband 36 Table 44: Forms of Domestic Violence identified by the respondents, by gender 38 Table 45: Domestic relationships identified by respondents, by gender 39 Table 46: Public perception on ways to prevent domestic violence, by region 39 Table 47: Perceived factors of domestic violence, by local/foreign 40 Table 48: Types of domestic violence survivors experienced, by gender 40 Table 49: Frequency of violence 41 Table 50: Nature of violence suffered by someone the respondent knows, by gender 41 Table 51: Perception of protection of child’s rights in the Maldives, by age 44 Table 52: Perception of protection of child’s rights in the Maldives, by region 44 Table 53: Areas which need to be improved, by gender 45 Table 54: Services provided for persons with disabilities that need to be improved, by gender 47 Table 55: Services provided for older people that need to be improved, by region 47 xi