Correlates of Married Men's Attitude towards Gender Based Violence, Secondary Analysis of Survey of Young People In Egypt (SYPE) Data,2014. | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine | ||
| Article 6, Volume 36, Issue 2, April 2018, Pages 57-67 PDF (223.46 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejcm.2018.11051 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Nowadays, One of the Main public health problems is intimate partner violence (IPV). Men's Attitude has been verified as one of the important predictors of IPV. Objectives: To Identify attitude and its correlates towards gender-based violence (GBV) among ever married males. Methods: Secondary analysis using Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE) data, 2014. Dependent variable: men's attitude towards gender-based violence. Independent variables: socio-demographic variables, attitude toward gender equity, parent's response to mistakes, mental health and some marital issues. Results: Among ever married males, 77.1% accepted GBV, 82.2% whom wives age at marriage was less than 18 years, 81.8% from rural residence, 88.4% whom parents were not giving any response to mistakes, 83.9% of those with positive attitude toward divorcing their wives accepted GBV with statistically significant difference. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the significant predictors for accepting GBV were: rural residence, attitude that makes husbands divorce their wives and parents' response to mistakes. Conclusion: The significant correlates of married men's acceptance of GBV were rural residence, respondents with an attitude toward divorcing their wives and inappropriate parents' response to mistakes. Recommendations: Development of intervention programs aiming to change social and cultural gender norms related to gender inequality and GBV especially in rural areas is highly recommended. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Attitudes; correlates, Men; Gender based violence | ||
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