title: Attitudes toward Wife Beating
unit_of_measure: Percent of women and men age15-49 who believe that a husband is justified in beating his wife for the following reasons:
linearized_input: Attitudes toward Wife Beating | Percent of women and men age15-49 who believe that a husband is justified in beating his wife for the following reasons: | (Women, Wife burns the food, 14) (Men, Wife burns the food, 8) (Women, Wife argues with him, 21) (Men, Wife argues with him, 13) (Women, Wife goes out without telling him, 25) (Men, Wife goes out without telling him, 13) (Women, Wife neglects children, 25) (Men, Wife neglects children, 14) (Women, Wife refuses to have sex with him, 19) (Men, Wife refuses to have sex with him, 11) (Women, Any of these, 35) (Men, Any of these, 25)
table_text: More than one-third of women (35%) and one-quarter of men agree that a husband is justified in beating his wife for at least one of these reasons: if she burns the food, argues with him, goes out without telling him, neglects the children, or refuses to have sex with him. Women are most likely to agree that wife beating is justified if a wife goes out without telling her husband (25%) and neglects the children (25%). Men are more likely to agree that wife beating is justified if the wife neglects the children (14%).
target: More than one-third of women (35%) and one-quarter of men agree that a husband is justified in beating his wife for at least one of these reasons: if she burns the food, argues with him, goes out without telling him, neglects the children, or refuses to have sex with him.