@article{ref1,
title="Women's decision-making autonomy and their attitude towards wife-beating: findings from the 2011 Ethiopia's Demographic and Health Survey",
journal="Journal of immigrant and minority health",
year="2018",
author="Ebrahim, Nasser B. and Atteraya, Madhu S.",
volume="20",
number="3",
pages="603-611",
abstract="The study examined the extent of wife-beating acceptance and factors that influence women's attitude towards wife-beating in Ethiopia from a nationally representative sample of 11,658 participants in the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. Multivariate logistic regressions were fitted to investigate the relationships between women's attitude towards wife-beating and women's decision-making autonomy after controlling for socio-demographic factors. The majority (56%) of women agreed that wife-beating is justified when wife neglects children, 53% when wife burns the food, 50% when wife argues with husband, 48% when wife goes out without telling husband, and nearly 45% when wife refuses to have sex with husband. Overall, 51% of women had shown highly favorable attitude towards wife-beating. Women's place of residence, household wealth quintiles, educational levels, marital status, and husband/partner's employment status have shown significant association with women's attitude towards wife-beating. Women's decision-making autonomy was also a significant predictor of women's attitude towards wife-beating. The odds of having highly favorable attitude towards wife-beating deceased significantly as the level of decision-making autonomy of women improved. Given the widespread acceptance of wife-beating among Ethiopian women, social policies that empower women could serve as a positive force in changing attitudes towards wife-beating and violence against women.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1557-1912",
doi="10.1007/s10903-017-0592-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-017-0592-6"
}