Attitudes towards domestic violence Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys- MICS3 Analysis and Report Writing Workshop Panama City, July 12-20, 2006
Mar 27, 2015
Attitudes towards domestic violence
Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys- MICS3Analysis and Report Writing Workshop
Panama City, July 12-20, 2006
Rationale
• Refers to domestic violence against women and children
• Refers to type of violence (psychological, physical, sexual), by perpetrator (husband/partner, parents, other persons), by time of occurrence (ever, last years, last 6 months)
• Not a lot of systematic knowledge but enough information to know about its undesirability
• Explicitly included in CEDAW and lately more actively discussed and considered as part of the MDGs and the WFfC documents.
• It is not possible for example to reach the MDGs as long as women’s and children’s are abused
Rationale
• We found to be working under different definitions, measurements and reporting indicators• MICS3 to measure attitudes only• Proportion of women 15-49 indicating the conditions under which her husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating her
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ATTITUDES TOWARD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DV1. SOMETIMES A HUSBAND IS ANNOYED
OR ANGERED BY THINGS WHICH HIS
WIFE DOES. IN YOUR OPINION, IS A HUSBAND JUSTIFIED IN HITTING OR BEATING HIS WIFE IN THE FOLLOWING
SITUATIONS: DV1A. IF SHE GOES OUT WITH OUT
TELLING HIM? DV1B. IF SHE NEGLECTS THE CHILDREN? DV1C. IF SHE ARGUES WITH HIM? DV1D. IF SHE REFUSES SEX WITH HIM? DV1E. IF SHE BURNS THE FOOD?
Yes No DK Goes out without telling .... 1 2 8 Neglects children ............... 1 2 8 Argues ................................. 1 2 8 Refuses sex........................ 1 2 8 Burns food........................... 1 2 8
Which countries included this module in MICS3?
• 6 out of 7• Belize, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago• Cuba did not• Mongolia?
Indicators
Percentage of women 15-49 years of age that find at least one of the five justifications for a woman’s husband or partner to hit or beat her
– If she goes out without telling him?– If she neglects the children?– If she argues with him?– If she refuses sex with him?– If she burns the food?
Goals World Fit for Children (WFFC)Protecting children against abuse, exploitation and violence and under general protection to
– Encourage all countries to adopt and enforce laws, and improve the implementation of policies and programmes to protect children from all forms of violence, neglect, abuse and exploitation, whether at home, in school or other institutions, in the workplace or in their community
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)The MD declaration calls for the protection of children against abuse, exploitation and violence but no goal, target or indicator is included
SPSS Program Generates basic table: CP.9• Generates the..
– Proportion of women 15-49 years of age that find each one of the five justifications for a woman’s husband or partner to hit or beat her
– Percentage of women 15-49 years of age that find at least one of the five justifications for a woman’s husband or partner to hit or beat her
Table CP.9: Percentage of w omen w ho believe a husband is justified in beating his wife/partner in varioous circumstances, country,year
39.7 29.4 40.6 28.5 28.6 47.7 512
66.1 65.2 76.8 57.6 47.7 82.8 2047
66.4 62.5 69.6 43.2 44.0 76.2 2168
60.2 62.2 64.0 49.1 42.7 69.8 1364
52.4 56.9 56.0 38.4 45.8 69.4 154
53.0 50.8 60.1 38.9 36.7 67.3 1726
66.0 64.2 71.1 51.3 46.4 77.2 4519
76.1 68.4 80.5 52.1 51.0 84.9 155
67.4 64.2 73.3 52.6 46.9 78.2 1052
64.8 61.4 68.3 49.5 43.8 76.0 1146
61.9 60.9 67.6 46.5 42.5 74.4 1128
61.3 59.5 66.5 46.8 43.5 73.5 1073
57.4 56.9 65.5 46.7 42.6 72.0 1010
57.9 57.8 63.6 42.3 40.9 69.2 680
35.0 34.6 43.8 25.1 23.1 51.4 452
74.9 70.9 82.9 62.6 58.0 86.4 103
64.4 62.3 69.7 49.4 45.1 76.1 5689
100.0 100.0 100.0 .0 .0 100.0 2
66.8 68.1 71.5 51.9 46.3 77.7 1179
70.5 67.1 76.8 53.9 48.7 82.1 1174
67.4 64.5 72.6 53.3 48.4 79.2 1260
62.6 61.6 67.8 48.6 44.8 74.5 1318
46.3 42.7 52.9 32.8 31.3 60.2 1315
63.8 63.0 69.6 50.2 45.7 76.0 4488
60.5 54.9 65.4 42.6 38.6 71.7 1595
14.3 18.3 23.4 15.3 9.2 23.4 42
69.4 71.8 80.4 64.6 64.7 89.7 17
47.8 53.8 53.7 41.2 43.2 65.9 100
100.0 100.0 100.0 .0 100.0 100.0 3
62.4 60.5 68.0 47.9 43.7 74.4 6245
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
Region
Urban
Rural
Area
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
Age
None
Primary
Secondary +
Non-standard curriculum
Woman'seducationlevel
Poorest
Second
Middle
Fourth
Richest
wealthindexquinti les
MT1
MT2
MT3
MT4
Other
Missing
Mothertongue ofhead
Total
When shegoes outwithout
tell ing him
When sheneglects the
children
When sheargues
with him
When sherefuses sex
wth him
When sheburns the
food
For any ofthese
reasons
Numberof women
15-49years of
age
Monitoring Children's Rights Indicator
Methodological issues
• Measurement of practices of violence against women, although possible, raised serious ethical and methodological issues
• Possible via long modules that ultimately compete with other modules of equal importance
• The attitudinal indicator has been found to be highly associated with the prevalence of domestic violence
• It can be used then as proxy for violence and to advocate for the need to change, at the societal level, attitudes that perpetuate its existence
Thanks!