RT Article
T1 Social Structure, Social Learning, and the Severity of Physical Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Nigeria
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 5/6
SP 2862
OP 2886
A1 Dim, Emeka Eugene
A2 Elabor-Idemudia, Patience
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1750720965
AB Using the Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) of 2013, this study applies the social structure (feminist) and social learning perspective in understanding the severity of physical intimate partner violence (IPV) in Nigeria. About 26,403 married women were analyzed from the 2013 NDHS data. Multinomial regression was used to analyze variables that capture the social structural and social learning perspectives in relation to women’s experience of minor and severe physical IPV. The study revealed that primary and secondary educational attainment, and being employed predicted severe physical IPV victimization. Alcohol consumption by the respondents’ spouses, being a victim of childhood abuse, and witnessing IPV between parents predicted severe physical IPV. The finding of this study implies that experiences of IPV take place within a sociocultural context that shapes the social realities of the average Nigerian woman.
K1 intergenerational transmission of trauma
K1 predicting domestic violence
K1 Battered Women
K1 domestic violence in Nigeria
DO 10.1177/0886260518764384