More than two out of three Algerian women agree that a husband may beat his spouse, as recently published results of the third national survey of multiple indicators (MICS3) conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in collaboration with the UN.
The survey indicates some of the reasons why women say they can accept domestic violence: to leave the house without telling her husband to behave recklessly with the children, discuss with your spouse, who refuses sex or burn the food.
tolerance of domestic violence is more widespread, according to this study, east of the North African country where "79 percent of women agree that a husband beat your spouse for one reason cited, according to the survey.
in rural areas is also higher (74.6 percent) than urban (62.7 percent) and married women are "relatively" more numerous than single, divorced or widowed at the time of accepting such practices , says the study.
The adoption of domestic violence is higher among older women, standing at 71.2 percent between 45 and 49 years compared to 66 percent among those under 35.
economic level also plays a key differentiator and the poll found that "the the lower the family budget looks more like normal tolerated and recourse to violence. "
A 79.6 percent of women who say they tolerate these practices come from groups with low purchasing power.
The study shows that educational level is most decisive factor in this regard and that 85.7 percent of women without schooling accept domestic violence by at least one reason.
This percentage decreases with increasing education level of respondents and is situated at 40 , 5 percent among women with university education.
The survey was conducted with a sample of 29,478 households across the country and includes more data on the status of women and children in Algeria. Via
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