Determinants of Physical Violence Against Women in Tanzania: A Review of the 2022 TDHS-MIS
Abstract
Physical violence against women is a global detrimental. It includes different acts to mention but just a few; beating, punching, kicking, biting, burning, maiming, and killing with or without weapons. This cross-sectional study used secondary data from the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey of 2022. The study population included married women aged 15-49 years. A Multivariate Logistic Regression was used to identify factors associated with physical violence against women. A total of 3,730 women were included in the analysis, whereby the majority were aged between 25 and 34, their husbands/partners aged between 35 and 54, married, categorized as rich, resided in rural areas, head of household were males, attained primary education, their husband/partner had primary education and drank alcohol, approximately never physically hurt their husband/partner, never had another husband/male partner who physically hurt them, were currently working. On the other hand, marital status, place of residence, education level, Husband/partner drinking alcohol, Respondent never physically hurt husband/partner when he was not hurting her, and Current working were associated with higher odds of being physically hurt while education level had lower odds. The study concludes that the determinants of physical violence against women are contextual, however some cut across different contexts. The study recommends strengthening the collaboration of various stakeholders to effectively address the problem including the Government through the responsible ministry, the local government through women's protection committees, and police gender and children’s desks
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