An examination of physical violence against women and its justification in development settings in Uganda

Autor: Tina Musuya, Symon Peter Wandiembe, Evelyn Letiyo, Paul Bukuluki, Dan Bazira, Peter Kisaakye
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Male
Rural Population
Secondary education
Epidemiology
Economics
Primary education
Intimate Partner Violence
Social Sciences
Criminology
Surveys
Political Aspects of Health
Cultural Anthropology
law.invention
Geographical Locations
Sociology
Risk Factors
Psychological Attitudes
law
Surveys and Questionnaires
Social Norms
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Uganda
Public and Occupational Health
media_common
Multidisciplinary
Organic Compounds
Traumatic Injury Risk Factors
Middle Aged
Religion
Chemistry
Sexual Partners
Research Design
Physical Sciences
Medicine
Female
Crime
Research Article
Adult
Employment
Adolescent
Higher education
Science
Political Science
media_common.quotation_subject
Research and Analysis Methods
Young Adult
Condom
Reproductive rights
Humans
Wife
Violent Crime
Survey Research
Reproductive Rights
business.industry
Organic Chemistry
Chemical Compounds
Biology and Life Sciences
Educational attainment
Cross-Sectional Studies
Physical Abuse
Medical Risk Factors
Anthropology
Alcohols
Labor Economics
People and Places
Africa
Domestic violence
business
Demography
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0255281 (2021)
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255281
Popis: This paper uses data from a community cross-sectional survey to examine the factors that are associated with justification of physical violence against women. Results indicate that respondents who were married at the time of the survey were less likely (OR = 0.29; CI = 0.17–0.52) to agree that it is justified for a man to physically assault his partner that their counterparts who were single. The likelihood to justify physical violence was less likely to happen among respondents with primary education (OR = 0.49; CI = 0.39–0.62), secondary education (OR = 0.40; CI = 0.31–0.53) and vocation or tertiary education (OR = 0.28; CI = 0.19–0.41) than among respondents with no education. Protestants were less likely (OR = 0.77; CI = 0.64–0.94) to justify physical violence than the Catholics. Respondents who were not formally employed were more likely (OR = 1.66; CI = 1.32–2.08) to justify physical violence than their counterparts who were in formal employment in the last three months preceding the survey. Respondents who agreed that it is okay for a man to control his partner’s movements (OR = 1.27; CI = 1.04–1.55), it is okay for a man to have sex with his wife anytime (OR = 2.28; CI = 1.87–2.78), alcohol is the main reason for violence against women (OR = 1.67; CI = 1.33–2.10), men need sex more than women (OR = 1.57; CI = 1.23–1.99) and women know where to obtain support in case of violence (OR = 1.42; CI = 1.00–2.02) were more likely to justify physical violence than respondents who disagreed. The likelihood to justify physical violence was less among respondents who agreed that: violence is not the only way to deal with disagreements (OR = 0.54; CI = 0.33–0.86), it is possible for men to stop violence (OR = 0.62; CI = 0.47–0.82) and it is acceptable for a woman to ask her partner to use a condom (OR = 0.61; CI = 0.51–0.73) than their counterparts who disagreed. There is need to increase investment in social norms change programmes in order to strengthen contestation of tolerance of physical violence among men and women in Uganda.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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