Table 1. Prevalence of attitudes justifying domestic violence in the 49 low- and middle-income countries across geographical regions (weighted).
| Region/Country | Proportion of women and men who ever justified DV | Mean Score: ‘Attitudes to DV Scale’ (Scale range = 0–5) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Both | Women | Men | Combined | |
| Latin America & the Caribbean | ||||||
| Dominican Rep | 2.35 | 3.90 | 3.13 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Honduras | 12.36 | 9.39 | 10.88 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.22 |
| Haiti | 16.74 | 14.65 | 15.70 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.31 |
| Guyana | 16.29 | 19.26 | 17.78 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.34 |
| Region Average | 11.94 | 11.80 | 11.87 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.23 |
| Central/West Asia and Europe | ||||||
| Ukraine | 3.56 | 11.12 | 7.34 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.13 |
| Armenia | 9.30 | 19.93 | 14.62 | 0.17 | 0.41 | 0.29 |
| Moldova | 20.81 | 21.7 | 21.26 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.40 |
| Albania | 29.75 | 36.35 | 33.05 | 0.66 | 0.81 | 0.74 |
| Kyrgz Republic | 33.71 | 50.36 | 42.04 | 0.79 | 1.15 | 0.97 |
| Azerbaijan | 48.98 | 56.95 | 52.97 | 1.35 | 1.41 | 1.38 |
| Region Average | 24.35 | 32.74 | 28.55 | 0.57 | 0.73 | 0.65 |
| Sub-Saharan and North Africa | ||||||
| Malawi | 12.57 | 12.63 | 12.58 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 0.28 |
| Benin | 16.22 | 14.85 | 15.54 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.35 |
| Mozambique | 21.00 | 18.76 | 19.88 | 0.41 | 0.30 | 0.36 |
| Ghana | 28.26 | 12.49 | 20.38 | 0.73 | 0.28 | 0.51 |
| SaoTao Principe | 19.51 | 21.37 | 20.44 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.44 |
| Togo | 28.74 | 17.59 | 23.17 | 0.77 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| Namibia | 28.23 | 21.26 | 24.75 | 0.62 | 0.39 | 0.51 |
| Swaziland | 23.17 | 31.27 | 27.22 | 0.44 | 0.61 | 0.53 |
| Comoros | 38.96 | 16.24 | 27.60 | 1.06 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
| Kenya | 19.67 | 36.22 | 27.95 | 0.46 | 0.81 | 0.64 |
| Nigeria | 34.74 | 24.66 | 29.70 | 1.04 | 0.59 | 0.82 |
| Madagascar | 32.30 | 29.11 | 30.71 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.67 |
| Liberia | 42.49 | 24.23 | 33.36 | 1.12 | 0.53 | 0.83 |
| Lesotho | 33.32 | 38.79 | 36.06 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.78 |
| Zimbabwe | 39.55 | 33.04 | 36.30 | 0.84 | 0.63 | 0.74 |
| Burkina Faso | 43.46 | 33.39 | 38.43 | 1.21 | 0.74 | 0.98 |
| Zambia | 46.86 | 30.73 | 38.8 | 1.49 | 0.71 | 1.10 |
| Rwanda | 56.21 | 24.74 | 40.48 | 1.68 | 0.54 | 1.11 |
| Senegal | 57.18 | 26.76 | 41.97 | 1.94 | 0.68 | 1.31 |
| Cameroon | 46.46 | 37.94 | 42.20 | 1.12 | 0.83 | 0.98 |
| Niger | 59.59 | 26.00 | 42.80 | 2.20 | 0.71 | 1.46 |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 47.88 | 40.97 | 44.43 | 1.31 | 0.99 | 1.15 |
| Gabon | 50.24 | 38.61 | 44.43 | 1.05 | 0.74 | 0.90 |
| Gambia | 58.40 | 32.28 | 45.34 | 1.57 | 0.75 | 1.16 |
| Sierra Leone | 62.79 | 33.54 | 48.17 | 1.97 | 0.80 | 1.39 |
| Tanzania | 58.05 | 39.63 | 48.84 | 1.81 | 0.98 | 1.40 |
| Uganda | 58.28 | 42.75 | 50.52 | 1.50 | 0.98 | 1.24 |
| Ethiopia | 68.43 | 44.68 | 56.56 | 2.26 | 1.25 | 1.76 |
| Burundi | 72.93 | 43.37 | 58.15 | 2.13 | 0.96 | 1.55 |
| Mali | 76.35 | 52.81 | 64.58 | 2.47 | 1.42 | 1.95 |
| Congo Dem Rep | 74.76 | 59.53 | 67.15 | 2.26 | 1.49 | 1.88 |
| Guinea | 92.06 | 66.17 | 79.12 | 3.57 | 1.95 | 2.76 |
| Region Average | 44.95 | 31.85 | 38.40 | 1.29 | 0.74 | 1.02 |
| South & South East Asia | ||||||
| Maldives | 30.77 | 13.79 | 22.28 | 0.74 | 0.30 | 0.52 |
| Indonesia | 34.48 | 17.31 | 25.9 | 0.68 | 0.31 | 0.5 |
| Pakistan | 42.23 | 31.91 | 37.07 | 1.43 | 0.78 | 1.11 |
| Cambodia | 49.82 | 26.07 | 37.95 | 1.23 | 0.49 | 0.86 |
| India | 47.23 | 41.77 | 44.50 | 1.29 | 0.98 | 1.14 |
| Afghanistan | 80.21 | 72.39 | 76.30 | 2.26 | 1.61 | 1.94 |
| Timor-Leste | 86.18 | 80.75 | 83.47 | 2.85 | 2.44 | 2.65 |
| Region Average | 52.99 | 40.57 | 46.78 | 1.50 | 0.99 | 1.25 |
| 49 country average (min/max) | 41.09 | 31.71 | 36.40 | 1.15 (0.04/3.57) | 0.74 (0.07/2.44) | 0.95 (0.04/3.57) |