Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Dyadic Perspective: Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa

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作者
Behrman, Julia [1 ]
Frye, Margaret [2 ]
机构
[1] Northwestern Univ, Dept Sociol & Inst Policy Res, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
[2] Univ Michigan, Dept Sociol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
关键词
Violence; Family; Concordance; Africa; HOUSEHOLD DECISION-MAKING; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; RISK-FACTORS; HUMAN-RIGHTS; HEALTH-SERVICES; WOMENS AUTONOMY; MARRIAGE; COUPLES; ABUSE; NORMS;
D O I
10.1215/00703370-9115955
中图分类号
C921 [人口统计学];
学科分类号
摘要
Although intimate partner violence (IPV) is inherently a relational event shaped by couple-level factors, most empirical examinations of IPV-related attitudes have used individuals as the unit of analysis. We apply a dyadic perspective to the study of attitudes about the acceptability of WV, harnessing couple-level data from 33 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, a region characterized by particularly high levels of both the incidence and acceptance of IPV. We document considerable geographic heterogeneity in the distribution of attitudinal concordance or discordance regarding the acceptability of IPV within couples, a descriptive finding that is overlooked by studies focused on individuals as the unit of analysis. In addition, applying a dyadic perspective to the correlates of attitudinal concordance, we demonstrate that joint exposure to schooling, work, and media is more predictive of joint rejection of IPV than are singular exposures of wives or husbands. Finally, we show that distinct combinations of attitudes within couples are associated with differential likelihoods of wives reporting having recently experienced emotional, physical, or sexual IPV. In particular. when both partners reject WV, wives are significantly less likely to report experiencing each type of WV in the past year compared with any other combination of attitudes. Our results reveal that a dyadic perspective provides a comprehensive understanding of intracouple contexts that enhances our perspective on these important demographic outcomes.
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页码:1143 / 1170
页数:28
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