David Teye Doku|Kwaku Oppong Asante
Women’s approval of domestic physical violence against wives: analysis of the Ghana demographic and health survey
University of Cape Coast|University of KwaZulu-Natal
intimate partner violence ipv serious consequences physical psychological reproductive sexual health women however factors make women justify domestic violence wives many subsaharan african countries explored study investigates factors influence women approval domestic physical violence among ghanaian women aged 1549a nationally representative sampled data n 10607 collected 2003 2008 ghana demographic health survey used multivariate logistic regression used study associations womens economic sociodemographic characteristics approval domestic physical violence wiveswomen aged 2534 1524 15 13 times respectively likely approve domestic physical violence wives compared aged 35 years furthermore women education 31 ci 2439 primary education 26 ci 2133 junior secondary education 18 ci 1422 higher probability approving domestic physical violence compared woman secondary education higher compared women christian belief moslems 15 ci 1318 traditional believer 17 ci 1224 likely approve domestic physical violence wives women richest rich middle wealth index categories less likely approve domestic physical violence wives compared poorestthese findings fill gap understanding economic sociodemographic factors associated approval domestic physical violence wives interventions policies geared contextualizing intimate partner violence terms justification behaviour play important role perpetration victimization