Citation

Oyedokun AO. J. Multicult. Gend. Minor. Stud. 2007; 1(1): online.

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(Copyright © 2007, Scientific Journals International)

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Abstract

This paper examines the predictors of attitude toward wife battery among Nigerian men using the most recent Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. Results show that religious affiliation, number of unions, type of earnings for work (P<0.05); literacy and frequency of watching television (P<0.01) were significant predictors of holding on to mixed views about wife battering, while wealth index, type of earnings for work and portion of household expenditures respondents' earnings pay significantly predict that Nigerian men will hold on to traditional ideas (P<0.01). The paper concludes that men with low socioeconomic status are more likely to hold on to traditional views about the acceptability of wife battering in Nigeria.