Collective violence and attitudes of women toward intimate partner violence: Evidence from the Niger Delta

Antai, Diddy; Antai, Justina

doi:10.1186/1472-698X-9-12

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Table 1 Proportion of women in the Niger Delta with tolerant attitudes toward violence by predictor indicators

From: Collective violence and attitudes of women toward intimate partner violence: Evidence from the Niger Delta

Variables	Niger Delta		Other women
	n	(%)	n	(%)
*Demographic characteristics*
Age
15 – 18	23	5	102	4
19–23	97	21	449	20
24–28	143	31	687	31
29–33	92	20	450	20
34+	105	23	59	25
Marital status
Never married	5	1	24	1
Currently married	436	95	2158	96
Formerly married	19	4	65	3
Place of residence
Urban	107	23	789	35
Rural	353	77	1458	65
Ethnic affiliation
Hausa/Fulani/Kanuri	225	49	1169	52
Igbo	18	4	154	7
Yoruba	26	6	250	11
Others	191	41	674	30
Religious affiliation
Christian	160	35	704	31
Islam	292	63	1419	63
Traditional/other	8	2	51	2
*Socio-economic characteristics*
Highest level of education
No education	272	59	1265	56
Primary	115	25	519	23
Secondary or higher	73	16	463	21
*Occupation*
Professional/Technical/Management	9	2	70	3
Clerical, sales, services, skilled manual	189	41	1026	46
Agric. self., Agric. employee, household & domestic, unskilled manual	96	21	382	17
Not working	166	36	769	34
Wealth index
Poor	234	51	737	33
Middle	182	40	746	33
Rich	44	9	764	33
*Decision-making autonomy*
Final say on own health
Not at all	373	81	1864	83
Full or partial	87	19	371	17
Final say on large household purchases
Not at all	381	83	1876	84
Full or partial	79	17	351	16
Final say on household purchases for daily needs
Not at all	327	71	1602	72
Full or partial	133	29	630	28
Final say on visits to family or relatives
Not at all	294	64	1485	67
Full or partial	166	36	741	33
Final say on food to be cooked
Not at all	275	60	1240	56
Full or partial	185	40	990	44
*Access to media*
Reads newspaper or magazine
Not at all	427	93	1959	88
Yes	27	7	276	12
Listens to radio
Not at all	154	33	544	24
Yes	306	67	1701	76
Watches television
Not at all	324	70	1475	66
Yes	136	30	772	34
*Literacy level*
Literacy
Cannot read/cannot read fully	364	80	1617	73
Can read fully	93	20	602	27

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