Socio-demographic associates of tolerant attitudes toward intimate partner violence against women in Kosovo

This article relies on secondary data analysis of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) conducted in Kosovo. The Kosovo MICS sample was designed to provide estimates for a large number of indicators at national, urban, and rural levels. In total, 5251 women and 2165 men age 15–49 years participated in interviews. The findings indicate that tolerant attitudes toward IPV against women in specific hypothetical situations are more acceptable among women: who live in rural areas, who have lower secondary education, and those who have lower wealth index income and report less access to media (TV and newspapers/magazine). Findings from this study provide valuable information of how factors situated at different levels of social ecology, individual, institutional, and material level interplay within themselves while contributing to the maintenance of traditional gender norms among both men and women.
Source: The Social Science Journal - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research