Gender differences in the acceptance of wife-beating: evidence from 30 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Paintsil, Jones Arkoh; Adde, Kenneth Setorwu; Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi; Yaya, Sanni

doi:10.1186/s12905-023-02611-w

BMC Women's Health

Table 1 Multiple Correspondence Analysis

From: Gender differences in the acceptance of wife-beating: evidence from 30 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Categories	Mass	Women				Mass	Men
Categories	Mass	Distance	Inertia	dim1	dim2	Mass	Distance	Inertia	dim1	dim2
Wife beating
No	0.037	0.260	0.001	0.758	0.050	0.050	0.156	0.000	0.320	0.062
Yes	0.029	0.329	0.001	-0.961	-0.063	0.016	0.475	0.000	-0.975	-0.188
Sex of head
female	0.011	0.623	0.000	0.568	-1.255	0.004	1.089	0.000	0.644	0.168
male	0.056	0.119	0.000	-0.108	0.239	0.063	0.062	0.000	-0.037	-0.010
Age
25–34	0.027	0.313	0.000	0.195	-0.006	0.022	0.376	0.000	0.079	0.086
15–24	0.011	0.591	0.000	-0.632	0.554	0.004	1.070	0.000	-0.713	0.712
35–44	0.021	0.385	0.000	0.119	-0.170	0.023	0.363	0.000	0.196	-0.102
45+	0.007	0.753	0.000	-0.094	-0.352	0.019	0.425	0.000	-0.186	-0.123
Education
No education	0.025	0.423	0.002	-1.473	-0.468	0.016	0.568	0.002	-2.033	-0.508
primary	0.020	0.405	0.000	-0.299	0.984	0.021	0.402	0.000	-0.513	0.945
secondary	0.017	0.528	0.001	1.626	-0.275	0.022	0.399	0.001	0.985	-0.106
higher	0.004	1.199	0.002	3.734	-0.828	0.007	0.874	0.002	2.859	-1.259
Currently working
no	0.004	0.985	0.000	-0.450	-0.017	0.002	1.538	0.000	-0.634	0.619
yes	0.062	0.069	0.000	0.031	0.001	0.065	0.044	0.000	0.018	-0.018
polygamy
No	0.049	0.176	0.000	0.386	0.544	0.058	0.104	0.000	0.225	0.162
Yes	0.018	0.472	0.001	-1.036	-1.459	0.008	0.746	0.001	-1.604	-1.155
Extramarital affair
No	0.065	0.035	0.000	-0.012	0.036	0.058	0.105	0.000	-0.061	0.091
Yes	0.001	1.941	0.000	0.645	-1.981	0.009	0.667	0.000	0.387	-0.582
Television
Not at all	0.037	0.322	0.002	-1.231	0.706	0.029	0.389	0.002	-1.442	1.027
At least once a week	0.018	0.556	0.003	1.992	-1.102	0.023	0.466	0.002	1.586	-1.430
Almost everyday	0.002	1.803	0.002	2.617	-1.413	0.002	1.836	0.003	3.735	1.249
Newspaper
Not at all	0.055	0.152	0.001	-0.572	0.120	0.043	0.249	0.001	-1.021	0.257
At least once a week	0.005	1.105	0.002	3.417	-0.994	0.012	0.676	0.002	2.403	-1.040
Almost everyday	0.000	5.699	0.000	4.122	-1.352	0.001	2.911	0.002	4.252	2.039
radio
Not at all	0.025	0.391	0.001	-1.165	0.534	0.014	0.567	0.001	-1.509	1.012
At least once a week	0.026	0.365	0.001	0.949	-0.360	0.037	0.259	0.001	0.582	-0.556
Almost everyday	0.002	1.897	0.001	1.554	-0.936	0.002	1.615	0.002	2.533	1.685
Decision on large household purchases
Respondent alone	0.010	0.679	0.001	0.279	-2.262	0.028	0.403	0.002	-1.131	-1.913
Respondent and partner	0.031	0.364	0.002	0.885	2.122	0.030	0.382	0.002	0.858	1.907
Partner alone/wife/husband	0.026	0.421	0.002	-1.164	-1.623	0.008	0.825	0.002	0.774	-0.299
Decision on respondent healthcare
Respondent alone	0.014	0.576	0.001	0.580	-1.914	0.036	0.326	0.002	-0.791	-1.657
Respondent and partner	0.027	0.392	0.002	0.818	2.380	0.025	0.452	0.002	0.991	2.355
Partner alone/wife/husband	0.025	0.425	0.002	-1.193	-1.538	0.006	0.996	0.002	0.543	0.021
Decision on respondent earnings
Respondent alone	0.037	0.255	0.000	-0.231	-1.317	0.034	0.353	0.002	-0.913	-1.823
Respondent and partner	0.021	0.458	0.001	0.943	2.665	0.028	0.412	0.002	0.978	2.161
Partner alone/wife/husband	0.008	0.743	0.001	-1.374	-0.879	0.005	1.174	0.002	0.621	-0.043
Wealth quintile
poorest	0.012	0.641	0.001	-1.853	0.533	0.012	0.645	0.001	-1.996	0.934
poorer	0.012	0.591	0.001	-1.309	0.821	0.012	0.589	0.001	-1.248	0.835
middle	0.013	0.534	0.000	-0.542	0.358	0.013	0.542	0.000	-0.464	0.500
richer	0.014	0.523	0.000	0.550	-0.357	0.014	0.525	0.000	0.618	-0.374
richest	0.015	0.650	0.003	2.484	-1.068	0.016	0.608	0.003	2.277	-1.408
Type of place of residence
Urban	0.026	0.438	0.002	1.646	-1.023	0.027	0.422	0.002	1.599	-1.182
Rural	0.041	0.282	0.002	-1.061	0.660	0.040	0.283	0.002	-1.074	0.794

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