PMID- 38297338
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240202
LR  - 20240209
IS  - 1471-2458 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2458 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 1
DP  - 2024 Jan 31
TI  - Men's attitude towards wife-beating: understanding the pattern and trend in 
      India.
PG  - 331
LID - 10.1186/s12889-024-17782-w [doi]
LID - 331
AB  - BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a severe human rights violation 
      and a global burden on public health. Wife-beating is a form of IPV and an 
      extension of the patriarchal philosophy that legitimizes men's control over their 
      spouses. This study investigates (a) the trends and patterns of men's attitudes 
      towards justification of wife-beating and (b) the socio-demographic factors 
      associated with changes in men's attitudes towards wife-beating between 2005-06 
      and 2019-21 in India. METHODS: The present study utilized data from the last 
      three rounds of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS): NFHS-3 (2005-06), 
      NFHS-4 (2015-16), and NFHS-5 (2019-21) with a total sample of 2,76,672 men aged 
      15-54. The primary outcome variable was men's attitudes toward wife-beating. 
      Attitude towards the household and the sexual autonomy of the wife were the two 
      key predictors, in addition to other structural factors. Descriptive, bivariate, 
      and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed on weighted data 
      using Stata. Hosmer-Lemeshow test, Classification table, and ROC curve were 
      carried out to enhance the robustness of the analysis and validity of the model. 
      RESULTS: In 2005-06, 50% of men justified wife-beating in at least one of the 
      seven contexts, which reduced to 42% in 2015-16 and then marginally increased to 
      44% in 2019-21. Men with an authoritarian attitude toward household autonomy 
      (AOR: 2.34; CI: 2.30,2.38) and sexual autonomy of the wife (AOR: 1.68; CI: 
      1.65,1.71) were more likely to justify wife-beating than their egalitarian 
      counterparts. Inadequate education, younger age, family history of IPV, alcohol 
      consumption, poverty, and rural settings are associated with an elevated risk of 
      abusive attitudes towards wife-beating. CONCLUSION: A sizable percentage of men, 
      more so those socio-economically marginalized, continue to justify wife-beating, 
      albeit with considerable decline over the years. The findings suggest customized 
      policies and programs enhancing gender egalitarian norms among young men, more 
      opportunities to pursue higher education, alleviating poverty through employment 
      opportunities, and raising awareness about domestic violence in rural settings 
      would help develop more egalitarian gender norms and attitudes towards 
      wife-beating.
CI  - (c) 2024. The Author(s).
FAU - Pradhan, Manas Ranjan
AU  - Pradhan MR
AD  - Department of Fertility and Social Demography, International Institute for 
      Population Sciences (IIPS), Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Mumbai, 400088, 
      Maharashtra, India.
FAU - De, Prasenjit
AU  - De P
AUID- ORCID: 0009-0001-0764-1199
AD  - International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Govandi Station Road, 
      Deonar, Mumbai, 400088, Maharashtra, India. deprasen98@gmail.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240131
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Public Health
JT  - BMC public health
JID - 100968562
SB  - IM
MH  - Male
MH  - Humans
MH  - Spouses
MH  - Men
MH  - *Intimate Partner Violence
MH  - *Domestic Violence
MH  - Attitude
MH  - India
MH  - Risk Factors
PMC - PMC10829205
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Attitude
OT  - India
OT  - Men
OT  - Trends
OT  - Wife-beating
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2024/02/01 00:42
MHDA- 2024/02/02 06:43
PMCR- 2024/01/31
CRDT- 2024/01/31 23:46
PHST- 2023/06/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/01/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/02/02 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2024/02/01 00:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/01/31 23:46 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/01/31 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12889-024-17782-w [pii]
AID - 17782 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12889-024-17782-w [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Public Health. 2024 Jan 31;24(1):331. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-17782-w.