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European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 5, Number 3 (2007) Women as Perpetuators of Domestic Violence in Nigeria: Evidence from Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2003 Amos O. Oyedokun Doctoral Candidate, Demography and Population Studies University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and Assistant Lecturer Department of Demography and Social Statistics Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria E-mail: aooyedokun@yahoo.com Abstract This paper examines the role of women as the perpetuators of domestic violence in Nigeria using the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) conducted in 2003. Results show that most of the independent variables tested were significantly correlated with attitudes to wife battering. Also, age and the person having the final say on a woman’s health care were significant predictors of women holding on to modern views/ideas about wife battering (P

European Journal <strong>of</strong> Social Sciences – Volume 5, Number 3 (2007)<br />

Women as Perpetuators <strong>of</strong> Domestic Violence in<br />

Nigeria: Evidence from Nigeria Demographic and<br />

Health Survey 2003<br />

Amos O. Oyedokun<br />

Doctoral Candidate, Demography and Population Studies<br />

University <strong>of</strong> the Witwatersrand, South Africa and Assistant Lecturer<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Demography and Social Statistics<br />

Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria<br />

E-mail: aooyedokun@yahoo.com<br />

Abstract<br />

This paper examines the role <strong>of</strong> women as the perpetuators <strong>of</strong> domestic violence in Nigeria<br />

using the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) conducted in 2003. Results<br />

show that most <strong>of</strong> the independent variables tested were significantly correlated with<br />

attitudes to wife battering. Also, age and the person having the final say on a woman’s<br />

health care were significant predictors <strong>of</strong> women holding on to modern views/ideas about<br />

wife battering (P

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