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

Definition: 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.

Description: The map below shows how Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she goes out without telling him (%) varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the world is Afghanistan, with a value of 66.90. The country with the lowest value in the world is Ukraine, with a value of 0.40.

Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), and other surveys: STATcompiler (http://www.statcompiler.com/) as of November 22, 2016, UNICEF global databases (http://www.data.unicef.org/) as of November 2015. MICS Compil

See also: Country ranking, Time series comparison

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Periodicity: Annual