The 6th Mortality, Morbidity and Utilization Survey (EMMUS-VI) conducted by the Haitian Institute of Childhood in collaboration with the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics, sponsored by the Ministry of Public Health with the technical assistance from the World Program on Demographic and Health Surveys looks at domestic violence and reveals that after a significant decrease between 2005-2006 and 2012, from 31% to 17% (on average), the percentage of women agree with at least one reason justifying domestic violence remained unchanged between 2012 and 2017. On the other hand, for men, there is a continuous decrease in this percentage in the 3 most recent EMMUS (20%, 15%, and then 11%)

Variations by characteristic :

The opinion that it is justified for a man to beat his wife / partner for at least one reason is more common among women in rural areas (19%) than in urban areas (13%). On the other hand, for men, this percentage is the same regardless of the place of residence (11%).

Whatever the sex, the opinion that it is justified for at least one reason, that a man beats his wife / partner varies with the level of education. Among women and men with no education, this opinion is more frequent (23% and 11% respectively) than among those with secondary education or higher (12% and 9% respectively).

The opinion that a man has the right to beat his wife / partner is less common among women whose household is classified in the highest economic well-being (9%) against 24% for the lowest economic well-being (24%).

Percentage of all men aged 15-49 who think it is justified for a husband to beat his wife / partner for at least one of these 5 reasons: burns the food, argues with it, goes out without telling him, neglects the children, refuses to have sex with him (Table page 383 of the EMMUS -VI)

15-19 years old: 15.2%

20-24 years old: 12.8%

25-29 years: 10.2%

30-34 years: 7.9%

35-39 years: 7.9%

40-44 years: 7.1%

45-49 years: 6.8%

Percentage of all women aged 15-49 who think it is justified for a husband to beat his wife / partner for at least one of these 5 reasons: burns the food, argues with it, goes out without telling him, neglects the children, refuses to have sex with him (Table page 382 of the EMMUS -VI)

15-19 years: 23.3%

20-24 years old: 14.9%

25-29 years: 15.1%

30-34 years old: 13.1%

35-39 years old: 13.8%

40-44 years old: 15.7%

45-49 years old: 16.1%

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