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dc.contributor.authorKadengye, D. T.
dc.contributor.authorIzudi, J.
dc.contributor.authorKemigisha, E.
dc.contributor.authorKiwuwa-Muyingo, S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-25T13:08:00Z
dc.date.available2024-06-25T13:08:00Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.uri10.1371/journal.pone.0276025
dc.identifier.urihttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37043482/
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/369975458_Effect_of_justification_of_wife-beating_on_experiences_of_intimate_partner_violence_among_men_and_women_in_Uganda_A_propensity-score_matched_analysis_of_the_2016_Demographic_Health_Survey_data
dc.identifier.urihttp://knowhub.aphrc.org/handle/123456789/1081
dc.description.abstractIn some communities, rationalization of men's controlling attitudes is associated with the justification of gender norms such as wife-beating as a method of correcting spouse behaviour. In this quasi-experimental study, we investigate the causal effects of the acceptability of gender norms justifying wife-beating on experiences of sexual, emotional, and physical intimate partner violence (IPV) among Ugandan men and women. Methods and materials: We analysed the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey data using propensity-score matching. The exposure variable is the acceptability of gender norms justifying wife-beating measured on a binary scale and the outcomes are the respondent's lifetime experiences of sexual, physical, and emotional IPV. We matched respondents who accepted gender norms justifying wife-beating with those that never through a 1:1 nearest-neighbour matching with a caliper to achieve comparability on selected covariates. We then estimated the causal effects of acceptability of gender norms justifying wife-beating on the study outcomes using a logistic regression model. Results: Results showed that a total of 4,821 (46.5%) out of 10,394 respondents reported that a husband is justified in beating his wife for specific reasons. Among these, the majority (3,774; 78.3%) were women compared to men (1,047; 21.7%). Overall, we found that men and women who accept gender norms justifying wife-beating are more likely to experience all three forms of IPV. In the sub-group analysis, men who justify wife-beating were more likely to experience emotional and physical IPV but not sexual IPV. However, women who justify wife-beating were more likely to experience all three forms of IPV. Conclusions: In conclusion, the acceptability of gender norms justifying wife-beating has a positive effect on experiences of different forms of IPV by men and women in Uganda. There is, therefore, a need for more research to study drivers for acceptance of gender norms justifying wife-beating to enable appropriate government agencies to put in place mechanisms to address the acceptability of gender norms justifying wife-beating at the societal level.
dc.publisherNational library of medicine
dc.publisherResearchGate
dc.subjectWife-beating
dc.subjectViolence
dc.subjectMen
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectUganda
dc.titleEffect of Justification of Wife-Beating on Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Among Men and Women in Uganda


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