AFRO-NETS> Zimbabwean women believe wife beating is OK

[A Odutola <chpss_abo@yahoo.com>]

Zimbabwean women believe wife beating is OK
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A nationally representative survey of 5,907 women of reproductive age 
revealed that more than half of all women in Zimbabwe (53%) believed 
that wife beating was justified in at least one of five situations, 
primarily if she argued with her spouse (36%), neglected her children 
(33%), or went out without telling her spouse (30%). Among women in 
partnerships (n = 3,077), younger age, living in rural areas, lower 
household wealth, schooling at a lower level than secondary, and 
lower occupational status were associated with women reporting that 
wife beating is justified.
 
Full details available at: 
Hindi, M.J.: Understanding Women?s Attitudes Towards Wife Beating in 
Zimbabwe
Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 2003; 81:501-508 
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/81/7/en/Hindin0703.pdf
 
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A. Odutola
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