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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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Table 3.15.2 Men’s attitudes toward wife beatingPercentage of men 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 men–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 33.7 48.7 67.8 54.4 27.9 80.0 45920-24 22.5 44.2 57.8 49.0 23.2 71.5 34625-29 24.2 40.5 53.5 49.2 24.0 68.4 36130-34 20.2 35.4 52.1 39.6 17.9 62.8 28135-39 20.3 35.2 53.0 43.6 22.2 63.9 24140-44 19.2 29.5 57.5 44.1 23.0 66.9 17445-49 21.6 30.6 53.9 42.1 26.2 64.6 11350-54 12.9 30.4 52.4 36.9 23.8 56.9 10055-59 15.9 35.3 60.7 48.5 32.5 68.7 71Marital statusNever married 28.5 44.8 63.9 51.8 25.2 76.0 782Married or living together 20.7 35.9 53.0 43.2 22.7 64.1 1,248Divorced/separated/widowed 22.8 43.6 63.0 55.9 30.0 80.3 116Number of living children0 27.8 44.0 62.7 51.9 24.4 75.3 8611-2 23.9 36.7 53.1 42.2 24.2 65.8 4473-4 20.1 39.3 54.2 45.0 21.6 67.4 3365+ 18.6 34.6 54.8 44.1 24.7 63.3 501ResidenceUrbanRural15.229.233.643.450.662.142.450.016.029.265.072.18511,294ProvinceCentral 19.9 37.7 54.7 42.8 16.3 66.7 165Copperbelt 16.2 35.0 56.8 53.4 16.2 71.8 447Eastern 15.6 20.3 29.7 21.5 14.8 34.8 268Luapula 26.0 40.3 68.0 60.2 33.1 81.2 166Lusaka 15.5 33.9 45.2 34.3 18.0 59.8 314Northern 39.4 57.2 69.4 68.2 37.9 84.7 292North-Western 39.1 54.2 76.5 58.4 42.4 81.9 93Southern 35.6 61.0 77.1 56.6 30.7 85.9 232Western 20.4 25.5 61.1 29.3 25.5 69.4 169EducationNo education 20.4 26.1 46.3 38.5 19.4 57.1 108Primary 30.5 47.4 64.7 52.9 31.6 76.1 1,100Secondary 17.9 35.0 53.6 44.0 17.8 66.6 808Higher 4.1 12.0 29.7 22.8 2.4 38.1 129EmploymentNot employed 29.0 44.9 64.7 51.3 24.6 77.2 688Employed for cash 15.0 30.0 45.6 38.0 19.1 57.5 913Employed not for cash 31.5 49.0 68.7 56.7 31.6 79.2 542Number of decisions in whichwife should have greater say 10 31.0 48.7 62.0 51.5 31.9 71.8 5441-2 28.2 45.6 66.9 53.6 30.2 79.2 7893-4 14.3 27.6 45.4 37.6 12.7 58.0 813Total 23.6 39.5 57.5 47.0 24.0 69.3 2,145–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––1Either by herself or jointly with others48 │ Characteristics of Respondents

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