Wife beating refusal among women of reproductive age in urban and rural Ethiopia

Table 1 Percentage distribution of women of reproductive age by their attitude towards wife beating

Variables	Classification	Rural		Urban
		Refuse wife beating	Accept wife beating	Refuse wife beating	Accept wife beating
		I	II	III	IV
Region	Afar	19.8	80.2	48.7	51.3
	Amhara	21.3	78.7	37.4	62.6
	Oromia	29.8	70.2	59.2	40.8
	Somalia	13.3	86.7	23.0	77.0
	Ben-Gumuz	32.6	67.4	53.8	46.2
	SNNP	18.1	81.9	51.0	49.0
	Gambella	29.2	70.8	42.9	57.1
	Harari	21.1	78.9	53.3	46.7
	Addis Ababa	–	–	76.1	23.9
	Dire Dawa	27.8	72.2	62.0	38.0
	Tigray	27.5	72.5	47.1	52.9
Level of education	No Education	19.4	80.6	78.3	21.7
	Primary	29.4	70.6	61.9	38.1
	Secondary	49.5	50.5	52.0	48.0
	Higher	79.9	20.1	35.1	64.9
Age	15–24	28.4	71.6	53.8	46.2
	25–34	22.2	77.8	55.3	44.7
	35–49	21.5	78.5	53.1	46.9
Access to media	Not at all	21.1	78.9	23.8	76.2
	Sometimes	24.0	76.0	50.5	49.5
	Frequently	31.4	68.6	60.1	39.9
work status	Not working	24.2	75.8	56.4	43.6
	Family business	26.0	74.0	44.9	55.1
	Employed	23.6	76.4	54.0	46.0
Marital Status	Never married	35.5	64.5	57.8	42.2
	Currently in Union	20.4	79.6	53.3	46.7
	Ever married	26.7	73.3	45.9	54.1
Religion	Orthodox	26.0	74.0	56.4	43.6
	Protestant	20.4	79.6	52.3	47.7
	Islam	26.2	73.8	48.6	51.4
	Others	17.7	82.3	41.7	58.3
Number of living children	None	32.6	67.4	57.0	43.0
	1–2	23.0	77.0	56.2	43.8
	3–4	19.5	80.5	48.2	51.8
	5 and above	20.3	79.7	42.1	54.2
Household wealth Status	Low	22.8	77.2	39.6	60.4
	Medium	23.1	76.9	50.7	49.3
	High	27.8	72.2	70.7	29.3
Total		24.5	75.5	54.2	45.8

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