Table 2 Wife-beating attitude across explanatory variables: Evidence from 2017 Senegal Continuous-DHS
Variables | Wife-beating | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Agreed No (%) | Disagreed No (%) | ||
Women’s age |  |  | P < 0.001 |
 15–19 | 717 (68.61) | 328 (31.39) |  |
 20–24 | 1185 (62.17) | 721 (37.83) |  |
 25–29 | 1277 (57.09) | 960 (42.91) |  |
 30–34 | 1276(58.00) | 924 (42.00) |  |
 35–39 | 972 (57.93) | 706 (42.07) |  |
 40–44 | 752 (54.53) | 627 (45.47) |  |
 45–49 | 505 (53.21) | 444 (46.79) |  |
Women’s educational level |  |  | P < 0.001 |
 No educated | 4857 (66.59) | 2437 (33.41) |  |
 Primary school | 1191 (49.48) | 1216 (50.52) |  |
 Secondary school | 617 (41.33) | 876 (58.67) |  |
 Higher | 18 (9.05) | 181 (90.95) |  |
Place of residence |  |  | P < 0.001 |
 Urban | 1875 (43.69) | 2417 (56.31) |  |
 Rural | 4809 (67.71) | 2293 (32.29) |  |
Religion |  |  | P < 0.001 |
 Muslim | 6572 (59.22) | 4525 (40.78) |  |
 Others | 112 (37.71) | 185 (62.29) |  |
Media exposure |  |  | P < 0.001 |
 No | 872 (79.49) | 225 (20.51) |  |
 Yes | 5812 (56.44) | 4485 (43.56) |  |
Wealth index |  |  | P < 0.001 |
 Poorest | 2463 (79.43) | 638 (20.57) |  |
 Poor | 1796 (66.37) | 910 (33.63) |  |
 Middle | 1376 (53.56) | 1193 (46.44) |  |
 Rich | 716 (40.64) | 1046 (59.36) |  |
 Richest | 333 (26.51) | 923 (73.49) |  |
Employment for cash |  |  | P < 0.001 |
 No cash-based employment | 1022 (67.37) | 495 (32.63) |  |
 Cash-based employment | 2535 (54.82) | 2089 (45.18) |  |
Decision making |  |  | P < 0.001 |
 No empowerment | 4701 (64.24) | 2617 (35.76) |  |
 Moderate empowerment | 1386 (50.16) | 1377 (49.84) |  |
 High empowerment | 597 (45.47) | 716 (54.53) |  |
Region |  |  | P < 0.001 |
 Dakar | 195 (23.49) | 635 (76.51) |  |
 Ziguinchor | 180 (36.66) | 311 (63.34) |  |
 Diourbel | 516 (52.87) | 460 (47.13) |  |
 Saint-Louis | 362 (46.95) | 409 (53.05) |  |
 Tambacounda | 687 (78.16) | 192 (21.84) |  |
 Kaolack | 341 (46.52) | 392 (53.48) |  |
 Thies | 429 (46.13) | 501 (53.87) |  |
 Louga | 507 (57.55) | 374 (42.45) |  |
 Fatick | 519 (61.06) | 331 (38.94) |  |
 Kolda | 696 (80.00) | 174 (20.00) |  |
 Matam | 519 (60.07) | 345 (39.93) |  |
 Kaffrine | 813 (82.20) | 176 (17.80) |  |
 Kedougou | 480 (81.49) | 109 (18.51) |  |
 Sedhiou | 440 (59.38) | 301 (40.62) |  |
Husband's occupation |  |  | P < 0.001 |
 Didn’t work | 222 (52.98) | 197 (47.02) |  |
 Professional or technical or managerial | 446 (36.62) | 772 (63.38) |  |
 Sales | 1122 (57.78) | 820 (42.22) |  |
 Agricultural-self-employed | 2046 (74.73) | 692 (25.27) |  |
 Skilled manual | 881 (54.15) | 746 (45.85) |  |
 Unskilled manual | 958 (55.22) | 777 (44.78) |  |
 Others | 1009 (58.83) | 706 (41.17) |  |
Husband's educational level |  |  | P < 0.001 |
 No educated | 5457 (65.25) | 2906 (34.75) |  |
 Primary school | 655 (47.40) | 727 (52.60) |  |
 Secondary school | 449 (38.77) | 709 (61.23) |  |
 Higher | 123 (25.05) | 368 (74.95) |  |