Attitudes towards justifying intimate partner violence among married women in Bangladesh.
This study examines women's attitude towards intimate partner violence among 331 Bangladeshi women in five selected disadvantaged areas of Dhaka city. This study used a shorter version of the Inventory of Beliefs about Wife Beating (IBWB) to measure women's attitude towards intimate partner violence. The results revealed that the mean score on the wife-beating scale of 15 items was 7.81 (SD = 4.893). Significant amounts of the variance (42.9%) in women's attitude towards intimate partner violence can be attributed to respondent's education (B = -0.60, p < 0.001), husband's education (B = -1.251, p < 0.01), exposure to mass media (B = -1.251, p < 0.01), respondent's current age (B = 0.081, p < 0.05), age at marriage (B = 0.215, p < 0.01), intimate partner violence victimization within the last 12 months (B = -1.533, p < 0.001) and women receiving micro-credit (small-scale loan or financial assistance) (B = -2.214, p < 0.001). The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the findings.
South East Asia Journal of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Amir Mohammad
AM
Sayem
Housne Ara
HA
Begum
Shanta Shyamolee
SS
Moneesha
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001459:Bangladesh; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse; D014505:Urban Population