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 2 The difference in acceptance of IPV by covariates

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

	Women			p-value	Men			p-value
	Not accept	Accept	Difference	p-value	Not accept	Accept	Difference	p-value
Male household head	0.829	0.855	-0.027	0.000	0.944	0.952	-0.009	0.000
Age
15–24	0.148	0.196	-0.047	0.000	0.050	0.077	-0.026	0.000
25–34	0.413	0.404	0.009	0.001	0.315	0.361	-0.045	0.000
35–44	0.327	0.299	0.028	0.000	0.344	0.322	0.022	0.000
45+	0.112	0.101	0.010	0.000	0.290	0.241	0.050	0.000
Education
No education	0.305	0.472	-0.167	0.000	0.222	0.292	-0.070	0.000
Primary	0.287	0.326	-0.039	0.000	0.303	0.347	-0.044	0.000
Secondary	0.309	0.184	0.125	0.000	0.346	0.310	0.036	0.000
Higher	0.099	0.018	0.080	0.000	0.130	0.051	0.078	0.000
Currently working	0.943	0.925	0.018	0.000	0.973	0.969	0.004	0.004
Polygamous	0.234	0.319	-0.085	0.000	0.114	0.151	-0.037	0.000
Extra marital affair	0.018	0.018	0.000	0.779	0.125	0.168	-0.043	0.000
Decision on purchases
Respondent alone	0.152	0.156	-0.004	0.047	0.396	0.518	-0.122	0.000
Respondent and husband/partner	0.515	0.390	0.125	0.000	0.474	0.366	0.109	0.000
Partner alone	0.333	0.454	-0.121	0.000	0.130	0.116	0.014	0.000
Decision on heath care
Respondent alone	0.222	0.185	0.037	0.000	0.505	0.616	-0.111	0.000
Respondent and husband/partner	0.463	0.348	0.115	0.000	0.398	0.300	0.099	0.000
Partner alone	0.315	0.468	-0.153	0.000	0.096	0.084	0.012	0.000
Decision on earnings
Respondent alone	0.554	0.566	-0.011	0.000	0.477	0.585	-0.108	0.000
Respondent and husband/partner	0.348	0.278	0.071	0.000	0.451	0.352	0.099	0.000
Partner alone	0.097	0.157	-0.060	0.000	0.071	0.062	0.009	0.000
Television
Not at all	0.474	0.655	-0.181	0.000	0.409	0.513	-0.104	0.000
At least once a week	0.161	0.138	0.023	0.000	0.199	0.197	0.002	0.546
Almost every day	0.344	0.198	0.146	0.000	0.371	0.280	0.091	0.000
News paper
Not at all	0.777	0.900	-0.124	0.000	0.629	0.722	-0.094	0.000
At least once a week	0.124	0.064	0.061	0.000	0.172	0.143	0.029	0.000
Almost every day	0.097	0.035	0.062	0.000	0.193	0.132	0.061	0.000
Radio
Not at all	0.334	0.431	-0.097	0.000	0.201	0.255	-0.054	0.000
At least once a week	0.226	0.206	0.020	0.000	0.196	0.206	-0.010	0.003
Almost every day	0.422	0.349	0.072	0.000	0.577	0.520	0.057	0.000
Wealth quintile
Poorest	0.135	0.240	-0.105	0.000	0.160	0.241	-0.081	0.000
Poorer	0.160	0.221	-0.061	0.000	0.173	0.214	-0.041	0.000
Middle	0.187	0.208	-0.021	0.000	0.186	0.206	-0.020	0.000
Richer	0.217	0.190	0.027	0.000	0.207	0.192	0.015	0.000
Rural	0.532	0.705	-0.173	0.000	0.569	0.686	-0.116	0.000
Overall acceptance of wife beating		0.441				0.247
N	123,117				75,975

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