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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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Table 3.15.1 Women’s attitudes toward wife beatingPercentage of women who agree that a husb<strong>and</strong> is justified in hitting or beating his wife for specific reasons, by backgroundcharacteristics, <strong>Zambia</strong> <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Husb<strong>and</strong> is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she: Percentage–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– who agreeCooks Goes out Refuses with atbad/ Argues with Neglects to have least one NumberBackground late with another the sex specified ofcharacteristic food him man children with him reason women–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 48.0 52.2 76.5 60.9 41.6 84.4 1,81120-24 44.6 51.2 78.1 60.5 46.0 85.3 1,66425-29 45.1 54.1 81.2 62.7 47.8 85.9 1,37630-34 43.4 50.7 80.1 59.9 48.5 86.1 97235-39 45.0 52.2 78.9 62.7 48.7 85.5 76640-44 45.3 53.3 79.4 60.3 52.4 85.0 60145-49 44.1 49.6 80.2 57.7 56.9 86.5 467Marital statusNever married 40.5 44.3 68.7 54.7 35.1 77.7 1,897Married or living together 46.8 55.1 82.1 62.6 50.6 87.6 4,694Divorced/separated/widowed 48.0 52.6 82.5 64.8 52.4 89.3 1,067Number of living children0 41.8 46.0 70.7 55.0 37.6 79.2 2,0671-2 45.6 54.1 81.4 63.4 48.4 87.4 2,4313-4 47.8 54.0 81.6 63.2 50.9 87.7 1,5785+ 47.4 55.0 82.7 62.6 53.3 87.9 1,582ResidenceUrbanRural39.249.646.355.978.579.157.863.042.750.083.586.63,0734,585ProvinceCentral 47.7 57.9 85.1 65.1 46.8 91.9 562Copperbelt 45.7 54.6 85.3 65.2 49.4 89.5 1,544Eastern 22.0 29.6 51.6 36.5 23.7 58.6 926Luapula 66.0 68.8 90.9 72.2 70.8 95.2 622Lusaka 30.7 35.8 73.3 51.2 35.3 77.5 1,132Northern 56.4 59.3 89.2 72.6 58.9 92.7 1,040North-Western 49.7 65.4 86.2 61.3 57.1 92.3 354Southern 42.9 58.6 78.6 58.1 45.8 91.1 814Western 65.1 58.0 74.9 72.7 49.5 89.7 663EducationNo education 49.0 54.2 74.9 62.1 50.4 85.0 925Primary 50.9 57.6 83.4 65.3 54.0 89.6 4,439Secondary 36.2 44.0 75.5 55.2 35.0 81.3 2,061Higher 7.5 9.9 38.4 24.0 8.2 42.5 234EmploymentNot employed 39.4 47.8 75.0 55.6 40.7 81.6 3,476Employed for cash 44.1 51.5 79.2 60.5 46.1 85.3 2,401Employed not for cash 58.8 61.2 85.9 71.9 60.7 92.9 1,775Number of decisions in whichwoman has final say 10 51.2 56.7 78.5 63.6 49.6 85.6 2,2041-2 44.0 51.9 81.6 61.1 46.3 87.6 2,9763-4 42.0 48.1 75.8 58.3 45.7 82.5 2,478Total 45.4 52.1 78.8 60.9 47.0 85.4 7,658–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Note: The total includes 6 women with missing data for employment.1Either by herself or jointly with othersCharacteristics of Respondents │ 47

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