Open AccessThe Troubling Epidemic of Wife-Battering in Ogbaru and Onitsha North Local Government Areas of Anambra State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Chinwe Edith Areh,
Benjamin Okorie Ajah,
Oguejiofo C.P. Ezeanya,
Ann Ugomma Eze,
Stanley Ikenna Onwuchekwe,
Chukwuemeka Dominic Onyejegbu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of criminology and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.181
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1929-4409
DOI - 10.6000/1929-4409.2021.10.155
Subject(s) - wife , denial , nonprobability sampling , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , local government , socioeconomics , local government area , sociology , dowry , psychology , political science , demography , population , law , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , psychoanalysis
Purpose: Debates and assumptions on the trend, motives/causes and implications of wife-battering in Nigeria are largely speculative. The purpose of this article is to explore in a raw form, the socio-economic determinants of wife-battering, on the sub-areas of family violence. Methods: Using qualitative and quantitative research methods, a sample of 364 respondents comprising 196 males and 168 females was drawn from Anambra State, Nigeria. Multi-stage and purposive sampling techniques were used to reach the respondents. Questionnaire and in-depth interviews were instruments for data collection. Results: Findings confirmed that wife-battering in Ogbaru and Onitsha-North Local Government Areas is most often caused by denial of sex and infidelity. Conclusion: The policy implications calls for the creation of local government welfare units to be holding periodic talk shows for married couples on the imperative of living happily.