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Men's and women's views on acceptability of husband-to-wife violence and use of corporal punishment with children in 21 low- and middle-income countries.

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Lansford, JE; Zietz, S; Putnick, DL; Deater-Deckard, K; Bradley, RH; Costa, M; Esposito, G; Bornstein, MH
Published in: Child abuse & neglect
October 2020

Monitoring violence against women and children, and understanding risk factors and consequences of such violence, are key parts of the action plan for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015.We examined how men's and women's views about the acceptability of husband-to-wife violence are related within households and how views about the acceptability of husband-to-wife violence are related to beliefs in the necessity of using corporal punishment to rear children and to reported use of corporal punishment with children.We used nationally representative samples of men and women in 37,641 households in 21 low- and middle-income countries that participated in UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.We conducted a series of logistic regression models, controlling for clustering within country, with outcomes of whether participants believe corporal punishment is necessary in childrearing, and whether a child in their household experienced corporal punishment in the last month.In 46 % of households, men, women, or both men and women believed husbands are justified in hitting their wives. Children in households in which both men and women believe husbands are justified in hitting their wives had 1.83 times the odds of experiencing corporal punishment as children in households in which neither men nor women believe husbands are justified in hitting their wives (95 % CI: 1.12, 2.97).Working toward the realization of SDG 5 and SDG 16 involving prevention of violence against women and children, respectively, should be complementary undertakings.

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Child abuse & neglect

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EISSN

1873-7757

ISSN

0145-2134

Publication Date

October 2020

Volume

108

Start / End Page

104692

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Punishment
  • Poverty
  • Male
  • Logistic Models
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Domestic Violence
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Developing Countries
 

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Lansford, J. E., Zietz, S., Putnick, D. L., Deater-Deckard, K., Bradley, R. H., Costa, M., … Bornstein, M. H. (2020). Men's and women's views on acceptability of husband-to-wife violence and use of corporal punishment with children in 21 low- and middle-income countries. Child Abuse & Neglect, 108, 104692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104692
Lansford, Jennifer E., Susannah Zietz, Diane L. Putnick, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Robert H. Bradley, Megan Costa, Gianluca Esposito, and Marc H. Bornstein. “Men's and women's views on acceptability of husband-to-wife violence and use of corporal punishment with children in 21 low- and middle-income countries.Child Abuse & Neglect 108 (October 2020): 104692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104692.
Lansford JE, Zietz S, Putnick DL, Deater-Deckard K, Bradley RH, Costa M, et al. Men's and women's views on acceptability of husband-to-wife violence and use of corporal punishment with children in 21 low- and middle-income countries. Child abuse & neglect. 2020 Oct;108:104692.
Lansford, Jennifer E., et al. “Men's and women's views on acceptability of husband-to-wife violence and use of corporal punishment with children in 21 low- and middle-income countries.Child Abuse & Neglect, vol. 108, Oct. 2020, p. 104692. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104692.
Lansford JE, Zietz S, Putnick DL, Deater-Deckard K, Bradley RH, Costa M, Esposito G, Bornstein MH. Men's and women's views on acceptability of husband-to-wife violence and use of corporal punishment with children in 21 low- and middle-income countries. Child abuse & neglect. 2020 Oct;108:104692.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child abuse & neglect

DOI

EISSN

1873-7757

ISSN

0145-2134

Publication Date

October 2020

Volume

108

Start / End Page

104692

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Punishment
  • Poverty
  • Male
  • Logistic Models
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Domestic Violence
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Developing Countries