Kayoko Yoshikawa|T.M. Shakya|Krishna C. Poudel|Masamine Jimba
Acceptance of Wife Beating and Its Association with Physical Violence towards Women in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Couple’s Data
The University of Tokyo|University of Massachusetts Amherst|The University of Tokyo
background intimate partner violence ipv serious global public health issue acceptance wife beating known associated ipv studies analysed acceptance wife beating women mens points view objective study examine whether acceptance wife beating among couples associated lifetime past oneyear physical ipv perpetration towards wives nepal methods crosssectional study conducted august september 2011 717 randomly selected couples wives aged 18 49 years old kirtipur municipality bhaktapur district nepal wives husbands acceptance wife beating measured six scale items physical ipv experience among wives measured seven physical assault scale items assess association acceptance wife beating physical ipv multiple logistic regression analysis used results nearly 30 wives husbands indicated beating wives acceptable certain circumstances statistically significant difference detected wives husbands level acceptance wife beating however husbands acceptance wife beating positively associated lifetime past oneyear perpetration physical ipv whereas wives acceptance wife beating neither associated lifetime past oneyear victimization physical ipv positive association husbands remained even controlling partners factors conclusions acceptance wife beating important risk factor must considered prevent perpetration physical ipv towards wives nepal future studies include men better understand structure dynamics ipv nepal prevention programs also target men change attitudes identify couples risk physical ipv occurring toward wives