Does Relation Between Women’s Justification of Wife Beating and Intimate Partner Violence Differ in Context of Husband’s Controlling Attitudes in Nigeria?

Sunmola, Adegbenga M; Mayungbo, Olusegun; Ashefor, Gregory; Morakinyo, Luqman A.

doi:10.1177/0192513x19868831

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“…The differences in findings can be attributed to differences in contextual factors. Nonetheless, there is evidence to show that women in sub-Saharan Africa are more likely to support wife-beating [ 33 ]. For example, a study of seven sub-Saharan Africa countries revealed that about eight in ten women accepted wife-beating [ 34 ].…”

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“…This implies that poverty, low education and younger age are risk factors of justified wife-beating. There is substantial evidence to show that these risk factors expose women to actual physical abuse [ 12 , 33 , 39 ]. In this regard, IPV prevention programmes or interventions should focus on more vulnerable populations, such as adolescents.…”

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Young people’s attitudes towards wife-beating: Analysis of the Ghana demographic and health survey 2014

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Introduction Intimate Partner Violence is a global public health problem. Attitude towards wife-beating is a major determinant of both intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization. However, little is known about the attitudes of Ghanaian young people towards wife-beating. The objectives of this study were to assess young people’s attitudes towards wife-beating, and identify salient factors influencing young people’s acceptance of wife-beating. Methods Data used in this study were obtained from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. The survey was nationally representative and provides estimates for population and health indicators across the former ten regions of Ghana, including rural and urban areas. Data were analyzed with Stata/SE version 16. Results We found that 32% of young women and 19% of young men accepted wife-beating. Among young women, acceptance of wife-beating was significantly influenced by younger age, wealth index, low educational status, religion, the region of residence, ethnicity, frequency of reading newspaper and frequency of listening to radio (p < 0.05). Among young men, acceptance of wife-beating was significantly influenced by wealth index, the region of residence and frequency of reading newspaper (p < 0.05). Conclusion This study demonstrates that a substantial proportion of young people in Ghana accept wife-beating. Young women were more likely to accept wife-beating compared to young men. Acceptance of wife-beating was influenced by socio-demographic and behavioral factors. Efforts to end violence against women and girls in Ghana should focus on promoting girl education, economic empowerment of women and public education on laws that prohibit Intimate Partner Violence.

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Young people’s attitudes towards wife-beating: Analysis of the Ghana demographic and health survey 2014

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“…Acceptance of wife abuse (AWA) is a critical factor of the intimate partner violence extensively prevalent in many South Asian countries [ 1 – 4 ]. Studies conducted in African and Middle-eastern countries such as Ethiopia, Israel, and Nigeria also demonstrated that people’s attitudinal justification of wife abuse is a significant feature of the intimate partner violence against women [ 1 , 5 – 8 ]. AWA is also a widely talked about topic in the discussion on the primary prevention of violence against women worldwide.…”

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“…Using a similar type of DHS instrument, previous studies also measured the attitudes toward wife beating in other countries like Armenia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, etc. [e.g., 1 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 27 , 28 ]. These studies were mostly confined to the acceptance of wife beating.…”

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Differences in the acceptance of wife abuse among ethnic minority Garo and Santal and mainstream Bengali communities in rural Bangladesh

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Studies on wife abuse in Bangladesh predominantly include the mainstream Bengali population, although there are at least 27 ethnic minority communities including a few ‘female-centered’ matrilineal groups living in the country. This study explored ethnic differences in the attitudinal acceptance of wife abuse among matrilineal ethnic minority Garo , patrilineal ethnic minority Santal , and mainstream patriarchal Bengali communities in rural Bangladesh. Adopting a cross-sectional design, the study included 1,929 women and men randomly selected from 24 Garo , Santal , and Bengali villages. Multivariate Poisson regression was performed to predict the number of contextual events, where the respondents attitudinally endorsed wife abuse. Of the sample, 33.2% were from Garo , 33.2% from Santal , and 33.6% from the Bengali communities. The acceptance of wife abuse was high in the sample; specifically, 34.1% of the respondents accepted physical wife abuse, 67.5% accepted emotional abuse, and 71.6% accepted any abuse (either physical or emotional) at least on one contextual reason provided in a 10-item scale. The mean for accepting any abuse was 3.0 ( SD = 2.8), emotional abuse 2.3 ( SD = 2.2), and physical abuse 0.8 ( SD = 1.4). The study showed that the rates of accepting any abuse and physical abuse were respectively 16% and 56% lower among Garo as well as 14% and 33% lower among Santal than that of the Bengali community. Data also revealed that individual level factors like younger age, higher education, prestigious occupation as well as family level factors such as higher income, female mobility, and female family authority were inversely associated with the acceptance of wife abuse in the sample. It appears that the gender regime of a society has a great influence on the attitudes toward wife abuse. We argue that a comprehensive socio-cultural transformation of the patriarchal societies into a gender equal order is imperative for the prevention of widespread wife abuse in the country.

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“…Both scholars and practitioners advocate for community-based interventions for enhancing refusal of wife abuse among the citizens [ 2 – 4 ]. Previous studies show that people’s attitude related to wife abuse is a significant feature of IPV perpetrated against women [ 5 – 9 ]. This is because, in patriarchal societies, people believe that a husband has a right to ‘punish’ his wife under some conditions, e.g., if a wife argues with her husband [ 10 – 12 ].…”

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Does childhood experience of family victimization influence adulthood refusal of wife abuse? Evidence from rural Bangladesh

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Rahman

et al. 2021

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This study examined how different forms of childhood family victimization are associated with the attitudinal (not actual action) refusal of wife abuse among women and men in rural Bangladesh. It included 1,929 randomly selected married women and men. Of the sample, 31.3% (Men = 49.3%, Women = 13.5%) attitudinally refused overall wife abuse, 38.5% (Men = 53.2%, Women = 23.8%) refused emotional abuse, 67.0% (Men = 82.5%, Women = 51.6%) refused physical abuse, 78.0% (Men = 88.6%, Women = 67.4%) refused abuse on wife’s disobeying family obligations, and 32.3% (Men = 50.3%, Women = 14.6%) refused abuse on challenging male authority. Multivariate logistic regression revealed that the odds ratio (ORs) of the attitudinal refusal of overall wife abuse were 1.75 (p = .041) for the childhood non-victims of emotional abuse and 2.31 (p < .001) for the victims of mild emotional abuse, compared to the victims of severe emotional abuse. On the other hand, the ORs of the overall refusal of abuse were 1.84 (p = .031) for the non-victims of physical abuse and 1.29 (p = .465) for the victims of mild physical abuse, compared to the childhood victims of severe physical abuse. Data further revealed that the childhood non-victimization of physical abuse increased all types of attitudinal refusal of wife abuse, e.g., emotional abuse, physical abuse, abuse on disobeying family obligations, and abuse on challenging male authority. Compared to the childhood experiences of severe emotional abuse, data also indicated that childhood exposure to mild emotional abuse might increase the attitudinal refusal of wife abuse on a few issues, e.g., abuse on disobeying family obligations, abuse on challenging male authority, and physical abuse. It appeared that childhood experiences of family victimization greatly influence different types of attitudinal refusal of wife abuse. We argue that the issue of childhood victimization should be brought to the forefront in the discourse. We recommend that state machinery and social welfare agencies should expend significant efforts to stop child abuse within the family and in other areas of society in rural Bangladesh.

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Does Relation Between Women’s Justification of Wife Beating and Intimate Partner Violence Differ in Context of Husband’s Controlling Attitudes in Nigeria?

Cited by 24 publications

References 52 publications

Young people’s attitudes towards wife-beating: Analysis of the Ghana demographic and health survey 2014

Young people’s attitudes towards wife-beating: Analysis of the Ghana demographic and health survey 2014

Differences in the acceptance of wife abuse among ethnic minority Garo and Santal and mainstream Bengali communities in rural Bangladesh

Does childhood experience of family victimization influence adulthood refusal of wife abuse? Evidence from rural Bangladesh

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