Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she goes out without telling him

Percentage of women ages 15-49 who believe a husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating his wife/partner when she goes out without telling him.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
72
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    Demographic & Health Surveys

    Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, uri: https://api.dhsprogram.com/#/index.html, note: Indicator code from the original source: WE_AWBT_W_OUT; Indicator name from the original source: Wife beating justified if she goes out without telling him [Women], publisher: The DHS Program (ICF), type: API, date accessed: 46155

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Angola20249.70percent
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the202436.70percent
Lesotho20244.60percent
Malawi20248.40percent
Mali202447.30percent
Nigeria202414.60percent
Zambia202418.40percent
Jordan20235.20percent
Mozambique202310.80percent
Senegal202311.40percent

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