NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western RegionsTable CP.8: Attitudes toward domestic violencePercentage of women aged 15–49 years who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife/partner in various circumstances, MFWR,Nepal, 2010RegionIf she goesout withouttelling himPercentage who believe a husband is justified in beating:If sheneglects thechildrenIf she argueswith himIf she refusessex with himIf she burnsthe foodFor any ofthese reasons[1]No. ofwomenaged 15–49yearsMid-Western 25.2 39.8 17.9 2.5 4.0 47.3 4,036Far Western 26.7 41.5 21.3 2.4 8.3 47.8 3,336SubregionAreaAgeMid-Western Mountains 30.9 45.0 24.7 5.1 6.0 49.5 408Mid-Western Hills 23.5 40.2 14.1 0.9 0.9 47.9 1,998Mid-Western Terai 25.9 38.1 20.7 3.8 7.3 46.0 1,630Far Western Mountains 35.8 42.9 34.5 2.4 6.9 47.6 508Far Western Hills 45.7 55.1 30.9 3.7 15.0 63.5 961Far Western Terai 14.4 34.1 12.8 1.6 5.2 39.8 1,867Urban 22.2 42.2 18.5 4.3 5.4 48.9 848Rural 26.3 40.4 19.6 2.2 6.0 47.4 6,52415–19 years 17.1 30.6 13.5 1.5 4.0 35.3 1,51120–24 years 23.9 39.0 15.9 1.6 4.9 46.0 1,38725–29 years 28.0 40.4 19.7 3.2 6.5 50.0 1,23530–34 years 28.7 46.4 21.6 2.5 7.9 52.3 99435–39 years 26.7 41.1 21.7 3.3 5.8 48.5 86140–44 years 32.5 51.5 25.2 1.9 7.2 57.1 80245–49 years 33.5 44.8 27.7 4.5 7.4 54.7 582Marital/union statusCurrently married/in union 28.8 43.4 21.6 2.8 6.6 51.1 5,706Formerly married/in union 27.1 44.9 21.1 1.1 5.6 50.7 197Never married/in union 14.2 29.2 10.8 1.0 3.5 33.1 1,469EducationNone 32.1 46.5 25.3 3.2 7.9 54.4 4,042Primary 27.7 42.1 18.9 2.1 4.4 50.3 1,036Secondary + 13.9 29.4 9.1 1.3 3.2 34.0 2,291Wealth index quintilePoorest 39.1 49.7 30.7 3.2 10.1 56.3 1,230Second 29.7 44.3 21.4 2.4 5.8 51.1 1,412Middle 25.1 40.7 18.9 2.6 6.6 48.6 1,519Fourth 20.6 35.9 14.1 2.2 3.7 43.0 1,594Richest 18.3 34.9 14.8 1.9 4.6 41.1 1,618Total 25.9 40.6 19.4 2.4 5.9 47.5 7,372[1] MICS Indicator 8.14It is often believed in Nepal that mothers-in-law have a high level of social control over theirdaughters-in-law that tends to be associated with the prevalence of violence against women.Therefore, a number of questions were asked of women aged 15–49 years to assess whether theybelieved that a mother-in-law is justified in verbally abusing or threatening her daughter-in-law in avariety of scenarios. As with the assumptions around domestic violence perpetrated by husbands,the assumption again is that women that agreed with the statements indicating that mothers-in-laware justified in verbally abusing or threatening their daughters-in-law in the situations described, inreality tend to be abused by their own mothers-in-law. Many of the scenarios were the same as161