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Show COLLEGE OF SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE THE EFFECT OF MEDIA ON EVER-MARRIED WOMEN'S JUSTIFICATION OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN MOZAMBIQUE, TANZANIA AND ZIMBABWE Micah Steffensen (Haimanti Bhattacharya) Department of Economics University of Utah Socioeconomically, psychologically and physically, intimate partner violence (IPV) has been shown to have significant detrimental effects on human development. It follows that understanding the correlates of women's justification of IPV is crucial in any attempt to reduce it. More specifically, understanding how to empower w o m e n by reducing their acceptance of wife beating is fundamental in combating the harmful effects of IPV. Using a multilocational and multidimensional approach, this study presents a comparative analysis of the influence of exposure to radio, television and newspaper on ever-married women's justification of wife beating in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Data for the study was obtained from the Demographic and Health Surveys conducted for each country between 2003 and 2010. Using the statistical software STATA, Logit regression models were estimated to explain the probability of w o m e n justifying IPV. Preliminary results show that greater exposure to media can reduce women's justification of wife beating and possibly other forms of IPV in the countries studied. Micah Steffensen |
