Abstract
3.11 Trends on Intimate Partner Violence Justifications Among Filipino Youths: An Examination of the National Demographic and Health Survey for 2008, 2013, 2017, 2022
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, v 63(10), S209
01 Oct 2024
Abstract
Objectives: In 2004, the Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Act was passed in the Philippines. Subsequent statistics in 2017 show that 1 in 4 women from the Philippines had experienced some kind of physical or sexual abuse, compounded with cultural stigma with support seeking in local communities. With the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic violence may have increased due to community lockdown, decreasing access to resources. Globally, the overall severity of domestic violence expanded for the general population. Our study aims to exhibit attitudes toward domestic abuse, specifically intimate partner violence among Filipino youths 15- to 19-years-old using results from the National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) from 2008, 2013, 2017, and 2022.
Methods: The NDHS is a household-based survey conducted every 5 years designed to represent the country’s 17 administrative regions. Each region used a stratified triple-stage system to systematically determine regions and randomly sample demographic information from women aged 15 to 49; an eligible respondent was then interviewed with the “Women’s Safety Module” on domestic violence. This study examined trends of responses from females aged 15 to 19 years sampled every 5 years from 2008 to 2022, on the perspective of justification for husbands to beat their wives.
Results: The number of women aged 15 to 19 years sampled from 2008 to 2022 increased from 2749 to 5531. The percentage of those who agree with at least one reason for domestic abuse decreased from 14.6% (2008) to 13.8% (2013) to 12.4% (2017) to most recently 10.7% (2022). In 2008, 2013, and 2017, the most common reason for justification of intimate partner violence towards women is when a wife neglects the children (11.9% in 2008, 11.1% in 2013, 9.9% in 2017). However, in 2022, the most common reason for justification was that a wife argues with her husband (8.1% in 2022).
Conclusions: There was an overall decrease in the trend in the percent of Filipino youths who agree with at least 1 reason for justification of intimate partner violence. In the 2022 report, it was shown that women with increasing education and wealth had lower attitudes to justify reasons for intimate partner violence. The recent change in trends could suggest a shift in the attitude toward decreased acceptance of domestic violence in the Philippines, reflected globally through increased governmental funding allocations.
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- Title
- 3.11 Trends on Intimate Partner Violence Justifications Among Filipino Youths: An Examination of the National Demographic and Health Survey for 2008, 2013, 2017, 2022
- Creators
- Yunting Yu - Pennsylvania State UniversityNungshitombi ChongthamKatherine M. NapalingaJasmin Lagman
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, v 63(10), S209
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 1
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001330511902047
- Other Identifier
- 991022082943804721
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- Pediatrics
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