title: Attitudes towards wife beating
unit_of_measure: Percentage of ever-married women and all men age 15-49 who agree a husband is justified in beating his wife for specific reasons
linearized_input: Attitudes towards wife beating | Percentage of ever-married women and all men age 15-49 who agree a husband is justified in beating his wife for specific reasons | (Women, Burns the food, 2) (Men, Burns the food, 8) (Women, Argues with him, 6) (Men, Argues with him, 18) (Women, Goes out without telling him, 7) (Men, Goes out without telling him, 19) (Women, Neglects the children, 7) (Men, Neglects the children, 13) (Women, Insults him, 18) (Men, Insults him, 37) (Women, Disobeys him, 13) (Men, Disobeys him, 20) (Women, Has relations with another man, 42) (Men, Has relations with another man, 65) (Women, Any of these reasons, 46) (Men, Any of these reasons, 69)
table_text: Forty-six percent of ever-married women and 69% of all men age 15-49 agree that wife beating is justified under at least one of the specified circumstances Women are most likely to agree that a husband is justified in beating his wife if she has relations with another man (42%). Eighteen percent of women accept wife beating as justified if a wife insults her husband, and 13% regard wife beating as justified if a wife disobeys her husband. Among men, 65% consider wife beating as justified if the wife has relations with another man, and 37% agree wife beating is justified if a wife insults her husband
target: Forty-six percent of ever-married women and 69% of all men age 15-49 agree that wife beating is justified under at least one of the specified circumstances