Oyediran Kolawole Azeez, Isiugo-Abanihe Uche
Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2005 Aug;9(2):38-53.
To facilitate the design of effective programmes to eliminate violence against women in Nigeria, this paper examined women's perceptions of wife beating. The data were derived from the 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). Both descriptive and analytical methods were used to assess the net effects of socio-demographic factors on women's perceptions of domestic violence. The study demonstrates that a large percentage of Nigerian women agreed that a man is justified in beating or hitting his wife; 66.4% and 50.4% of ever-married and unmarried women respectively expressed consent for wife beating. Respondents' approval of wife beating or abuse varied by personal attributes. Ethnic affiliation, level of education, place of residence, wealth index and frequency of listening to radio were significantly related to concurrence with wife beating. This paper highlights the cultural factors responsible for, and negative effects of, domestic violence against women in Nigeria and makes a case for raising public consciousness against it.
为推动在尼日利亚制定消除针对妇女暴力行为的有效方案，本文研究了妇女对殴打妻子行为的看法。数据来源于2003年尼日利亚人口与健康调查（NDHS）。采用描述性和分析性方法来评估社会人口因素对妇女对家庭暴力看法的净影响。研究表明，很大比例的尼日利亚妇女认为男人殴打或揍妻子是有道理的；分别有66.4%的曾婚妇女和50.4%的未婚妇女表示同意殴打妻子。受访者对殴打妻子或虐待行为的认可因个人特征而异。种族归属、教育程度、居住地点、财富指数和收听广播的频率与赞同殴打妻子行为显著相关。本文强调了尼日利亚针对妇女家庭暴力行为的文化成因及其负面影响，并主张提高公众对此的意识。
