TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence and determinants of wife-beating in Bangladesh
T2 - evidence from a nationwide survey
AU - Hossain, Md Moyazzem
AU - Abdulla, Faruq
AU - Rahman, Azizur
AU - Khan, Hafiz T.A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the authority of MICS for providing the permission of using Bangladesh MICS data sets for this analysis. We are also grateful to the well-wishers and their peers to motivate us for doing this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - BackgroundIntimate
partner violence (IPV) is a global public health concern, with women in
low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bearing a disproportionately
high burden. This study investigates the prevalence and factors
correlated with attitudes regarding wife-beating among Bangladeshi women
in urban–rural contexts.MethodsA
sample of 13,033 urban women and 51,344 rural women data from the
Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019 were analyzed
using the Chi-square test and ordinal logistic regression model.ResultsThe
findings reveal that arguing with her husband is the widespread reason
for wife-beating in Bangladesh (urban: 17.3%, rural: 21.9%), followed by
neglecting the children (urban: 12.7%, rural: 15.8%). About 8% of urban
women and 10% of rural women favoured the opinion that refusing to
involve sexual intercourse is a legitimate justification for
wife-beating. In comparison, around 5% feel that a husband has a right
to beat his wife due to burning food. The respondents’ age, education,
marital status, number of children, socioeconomic level, any health or
physical difficulty, having problems becoming pregnant, and the
husband’s age are all significant factors in justifying wife-beating.ConclusionsBangladesh
has a massive challenge in eliminating IPV. Women from lower
socioeconomic classes, low levels of education, other challenges, and
residents of rural areas are particularly more vulnerable than their
urban counterparts. Therefore, it is vital to develop a proper action
plan that considers women’s education and occupation to raise awareness
of the various implications of wife-beating in women, particularly in
Bangladesh’s rural areas.
AB - BackgroundIntimate
partner violence (IPV) is a global public health concern, with women in
low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bearing a disproportionately
high burden. This study investigates the prevalence and factors
correlated with attitudes regarding wife-beating among Bangladeshi women
in urban–rural contexts.MethodsA
sample of 13,033 urban women and 51,344 rural women data from the
Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019 were analyzed
using the Chi-square test and ordinal logistic regression model.ResultsThe
findings reveal that arguing with her husband is the widespread reason
for wife-beating in Bangladesh (urban: 17.3%, rural: 21.9%), followed by
neglecting the children (urban: 12.7%, rural: 15.8%). About 8% of urban
women and 10% of rural women favoured the opinion that refusing to
involve sexual intercourse is a legitimate justification for
wife-beating. In comparison, around 5% feel that a husband has a right
to beat his wife due to burning food. The respondents’ age, education,
marital status, number of children, socioeconomic level, any health or
physical difficulty, having problems becoming pregnant, and the
husband’s age are all significant factors in justifying wife-beating.ConclusionsBangladesh
has a massive challenge in eliminating IPV. Women from lower
socioeconomic classes, low levels of education, other challenges, and
residents of rural areas are particularly more vulnerable than their
urban counterparts. Therefore, it is vital to develop a proper action
plan that considers women’s education and occupation to raise awareness
of the various implications of wife-beating in women, particularly in
Bangladesh’s rural areas.
KW - Bangladesh
KW - Ordinal logistics regression
KW - Urban–rural settings
KW - Wife-beating
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U2 - 10.1186/s12888-021-03652-x
DO - 10.1186/s12888-021-03652-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 34983457
AN - SCOPUS:85122288106
VL - 22
JO - BMC Psychiatry
JF - BMC Psychiatry
SN - 1471-244X
IS - 1
M1 - 9
ER -