Author(s)

Uzoamaka Carol Chimah¹, Prosper Obunikem Uchechukwu Adogu^2*, Chika Florence Ubajaka², Amobi Linus Ilika², Nonye Bibiana Egenti³

¹Medical Department, Ministry of Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Nigeria.
²Department of Community Medicine and PHC, Nnamdi Azikiwe University/Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria.
³Department of Community Medicine, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.

This was a descriptive comparative study of attitude towards intimate partner violence (IPV) involving 260 female intimate partners of military and civilian men in Abuja, Nigeria. More civilian respondents than the military believed in total submission of a wife to her husband’s views (p = 0.000), frowned at wife beating (p = 0.000), supported sexual assertiveness by women (p = 0.006) and believed that a wife should satisfy her partner sexually, (p = 0.000). More military respondents than civilians preferred family matters to be kept confidential (p = 0.000). Addressing IPV requires immediate and long term commitment and strategies to the attitude of both the women and their husbands.

Attitude, Intimate Partner Violence, Women, Military, Civilian, Nigeria

Chimah, U. , Adogu, P. , Ubajaka, C. , Ilika, A. and Egenti, N. (2015) Attitude and Perception of Intimate Partner Violence among Women in Military and Civilian Communities in Abuja Nigeria. Advances in Applied Sociology, 5, 195-205. doi: 10.4236/aasoci.2015.56019.