Citation

Amo-Adjei J, Tuoyire DA. Women Health 2015; 56(1): 48-64.

Affiliation

a Department of Population and Health , University of Cape Coast , Cape Coast , Ghana.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/03630242.2015.1074638

PMID

26327574

Abstract

Violence against intimate partners threatens public health and social cohesion, and its prevalence could increase with an attitude of justification of such violence. The objective of this paper was to use religion and ethnicity as proxies for culture to examine Ghanaian women's acceptance of being beaten. We employed descriptive and binary logistic regression statistics applied to Micro Indicator Cluster Survey data collected in 2011 in Ghana. With a weighted sample of 10,627 women, the findings revealed that more than half (59.83%, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 57.41%, 62.2%) of the respondents justified at least one form of IPV or another and being a Mole-Dagbani [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.41; 95%; CI = 1.05, 1.90] and/or in a polygamous marriage/union [AOR = 1.22; 95% CI = 1.04,1.420] were significant risk factors for justifying IPV. Activism in promoting IPV-free communities has to be group-specific to reach those in need of interventions.

Language: en