Gender-biased clustering of attitudes towards physical intimate partner violence: A social network analysis in south-central Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Changing social norms, shared beliefs about what is acceptable, is a key focus of global health campaigns aimed at ending intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW). In Ethiopia, it is estimated that one in four women have been assaulted by a male partner, and over half the population hold attitudes supportive of this form of violence. To date, efforts to change people's attitudes towards IPVAW have been hindered by uncertainty over how social norms are acquired or learned. Here, we consider whether people's acceptance of IPVAW is maintained through social influence or "contagion," using large-scale sociocentric social network data from 5,163 Arsi Oromo farmers in south-central Ethiopia. Bayesian analyses reveal that IPVAW attitudes cluster within social networks. People are more like

SUBMITTER: Gibson MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12448887 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature