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Antai D, Antai J. Collective violence and attitudes of women toward intimate partner violence: Evidence from the Niger Delta. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2009;9:12doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-12.
Antai, D., & Antai, J. (2009). Collective violence and attitudes of women toward intimate partner violence: Evidence from the Niger Delta. BMC international health and human rights, 912. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-698X-9-12
Antai, Diddy, and Antai, Justina. "Collective violence and attitudes of women toward intimate partner violence: Evidence from the Niger Delta." BMC international health and human rights vol. 9 (2009): 12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-698X-9-12
Antai D, Antai J. Collective violence and attitudes of women toward intimate partner violence: Evidence from the Niger Delta. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2009 Jun 09;9:12. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-12. PMID: 19508708; PMCID: PMC2702345.
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BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2009 Jun 09;9:12. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-12.

Collective violence and attitudes of women toward intimate partner violence: Evidence from the Niger Delta.

BMC international health and human rights

Diddy Antai, Justina Antai

Affiliations

  1. Division of Global Health & Inequalities, The Angels Trust - Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria. [email protected]

PMID: 19508708 PMCID: PMC2702345 DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-12

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been undergoing collective violence for over 25 years, which has constituted a major public health problem. The objectives of this study were to investigate the predictors of women's attitudes toward intimate partner violence in the Niger Delta in comparison to that of women in other parts of Nigeria.

METHODS: The 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey was used for this study. Respondents were selected using a stratified two-stage cluster sampling procedure through which 3725 women were selected and interviewed. These women contributed 6029 live born children born to the survey. Internal consistency of the measure of the women's attitudes towards intimate partner violence against a woman was assessed using Cronbach's alpha (alpha). Percentage distributions of the relevant characteristics of the respondents were carried out, and multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to measure the magnitude and direction of the relationship between the outcome and predictor variables were expressed as odds ratios (OR) and statistical significance was determined at the 95 percent confident interval level (CI).

RESULTS: Tolerance for intimate partner violence among the women in the Niger delta (47 percent) was higher than that of women from the rest of the country (42 percent). Rural residence, lower household wealth, lower status occupations, and media access (newspaper and radio) were associated with lower risk of justifying IPV among the women in the Niger Delta. In contrast full or partial autonomy in household decisions regarding food to be cooked, and access to television were associated with a lower risk of justifying violence.

CONCLUSION: The increased justification of intimate partner violence among the women in the Niger Delta could be explained by a combination of factors, among which are cognitive dissonance theory (attitudes that do not fit with other opinions they hold as a means of coping with their situation), ecological theory (behaviour or attitudes being shaped by current factors in their neighbourhood, community or family), and gender-role attitudes. Further in-depth studies are required to fully understand women's attitudes toward violence in areas of conflict.

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