Citation

Sayem AM, Begum HA, Moneesha SS. J. Biosoc. Sci. 2012; 44(6): 641-660.

Affiliation

South East Asia Journal of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0021932012000223

PMID

22687269

Abstract

SummaryThis study examines women's attitude towards intimate partner violence among 331 Bangladeshi women in five selected disadvantaged areas of Dhaka city. This study used a shorter version of the Inventory of Beliefs about Wife Beating (IBWB) to measure women's attitude towards intimate partner violence. The results revealed that the mean score on the wife-beating scale of 15 items was 7.81 (SD=4.893). Significant amounts of the variance (42.9%) in women's attitude towards intimate partner violence can be attributed to respondent's education (B=-0.60, p<0.001), husband's education (B=-1.251, p<0.01), exposure to mass media (B=-1.251, p<0.01), respondent's current age (B=0.081, p<0.05), age at marriage (B=0.215, p<0.01), intimate partner violence victimization within the last 12 months (B=-1.533, p<0.001) and women receiving micro-credit (small-scale loan or financial assistance) (B= -2.214, p<0.001). The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the findings.

Language: en