Odujinrin O
Department of Community Health, College of Medicine, Lagos, Nigeria.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1993 May;41(2):159-64. doi: 10.1016/0020-7292(93)90699-w.
To determine the prevalence, types and regularity of spouse abuse among Nigerian women. The effects of socio-economic status, education and alcohol consumption were also investigated.
Questionnaire survey of 1000 randomly chosen Nigerian women was undertaken.
Wife abuse was found to be as prevalent in Nigeria as in other parts of the world, 81.0% of the respondents had suffered either verbal abuse (68.6%) or both physical and verbal abuse (31.4%); occasionally (77.4%), regularly (16.2%) or always (6.0%), Almost half of them (46.2%) were abused in the presence of their children. Education and occupation were found to influence the prevalence, type and regularity of abuse and their children witnessing the abuse.
Wife battering has been found to be very prevalent in Nigeria. However, further research is needed to identify the causes and the psychological effects on these women and their children. This information will be invaluable for designing appropriate medico-social rehabilitation for them.
确定尼日利亚女性中配偶虐待的发生率、类型及规律。同时调查社会经济地位、教育程度和饮酒情况的影响。
对1000名随机抽取的尼日利亚女性进行问卷调查。
发现尼日利亚的妻子虐待情况与世界其他地区一样普遍，81.0%的受访者遭受过言语虐待（68.6%）或身体和言语双重虐待（31.4%）；虐待偶尔发生（77.4%）、经常发生（16.2%）或总是发生（6.0%），近一半（46.2%）的女性在孩子面前遭受虐待。研究发现教育程度和职业会影响虐待的发生率、类型及规律，以及孩子目睹虐待的情况。
已发现妻子受虐在尼日利亚非常普遍。然而，需要进一步研究以确定其原因以及对这些女性及其子女的心理影响。这些信息对于为她们设计合适的医疗社会康复方案将非常宝贵。
