Percentage of women aged 15–49 who think that a husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating his wife/partner under certain circumstances  

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Country or territory	Total 15-49		Place of residence		Wealth Index Quintile					Source
			Urban	Rural	Poorest	Second	Middle	Fourth	Richest
Afghanistan	90		83	92	91	94	92	92	83	MICS 2010-11
Albania	30		18	39	49	38	30	22	10	DHS 2008-09
Algeria	68		63	75	80	75	69	65	53	MICS 2006
Andorra	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Angola	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antigua and Barbuda	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Argentina	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armenia	9		8	11	14	11	9	7	6	DHS 2010
Australia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austria	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Azerbaijan	49		40	61	66	63	52	39	30	DHS 2006
Bahamas	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bahrain	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	36		31	38	37	39	39	38	28	DHS 2007
Barbados	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belarus	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belgium	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belize	9		6	11	17	10	8	5	5	MICS 2011
Benin	47		35	55	62	56	55	44	24	DHS 2006
Bhutan	68		61	72	71	73	73	70	58	MICS 2010
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	16		14	20	19	21	19	15	9	DHS 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5		4	6	5	6	4	3	6	MICS 2006
Botswana	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brunei Darussalam	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bulgaria	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Burkina Faso	44		34	47	46	49	48	45	33	DHS 2010
Burundi	73		56	75	78	78	75	73	62	DHS 2010
Cambodia	46	y	27	51	57	53	50	46	27	DHS 2010
Cameroon	56		52	61	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2004
Canada	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cape Verde	17		11	26	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2005
Central African Republic	80		78	81	81	81	81	79	77	MICS 2010 preliminary
Chad	62		66	61	63	61	61	61	65	MICS 2010
Chile	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
China	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Comoros	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Congo	76		75	77	75	80	82	76	67	DHS 2005
Cook Islands	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Costa Rica	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Côte d'Ivoire	65		57	72	75	70	71	63	50	MICS 2006
Croatia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cuba	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cyprus	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Democratic Republic of the Congo	76		67	80	82	80	80	77	62	MICS 2010
Denmark	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Djibouti	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominica	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	4		4	5	7	6	4	3	2	ENHOGAR 2009-10
Ecuador	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt	39	y	28	48	63	51	41	29	16	DHS 2008
El Salvador	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Equatorial Guinea	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eritrea	71		61	78	74	79	79	71	56	DHS 2002
Estonia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ethiopia	68		46	76	81	78	76	71	46	DHS 2011
Fiji	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Finland	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
France	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gambia	75		63	87	88	83	81	76	54	MICS 2010 preliminary
Georgia	7		6	8	8	10	8	6	4	MICS 2005
Germany	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	44		36	54	65	54	50	41	22	MICS 2011 preliminary
Greece	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grenada	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guinea	86		83	87	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2005
Guinea-Bissau	40	y	36	44	43	46	40	39	34	MICS 2010 preliminary
Guyana	16		8	20	24	21	18	13	9	DHS 2009
Haiti	29		23	34	40	37	34	26	17	DHS 2005-06
Holy See	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Honduras	16		11	21	27	23	16	11	7	DHS 2005-06
Hungary	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iceland	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	54		44	59	62	62	61	54	37	NFHS 2005-06
Indonesia	31	y	26	34	38	34	31	28	23	DHS 2007
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iraq	59		54	70	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Ireland	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Israel	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italy	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaica	3	y	2	4	5	4	2	1	2	RHS 2008
Japan	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan	90	y	89	95	96	95	92	86	79	DHS 2007
Kazakhstan	12		11	14	17	15	12	10	9	MICS 2010-11
Kenya	53		34	59	67	67	59	49	32	DHS 2008-09
Kiribati	76		75	77	77	79	74	77	73	DHS 2009
Kuwait	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrgyzstan	38		26	47	45	48	52	35	17	MICS 2005-06
Lao People's Democratic Republic	81		75	84	83	83	84	84	75	MICS 2006
Latvia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lebanon	10	y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2009
Lesotho	37		26	43	55	48	41	33	23	DHS 2009
Liberia	59		52	65	64	69	62	56	49	DHS 2007
Libya	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Liechtenstein	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luxembourg	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Madagascar	32		37	31	29	28	33	34	36	DHS 2008-09
Malawi	13		10	13	15	13	14	11	10	DHS 2010
Malaysia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maldives	31	y	18	37	40	37	36	27	15	DHS 2009
Mali	87		84	89	88	88	88	89	83	MICS 2010 preliminary
Malta	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marshall Islands	56		48	73	69	70	49	51	37	DHS 2007
Mauritania	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritius	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Micronesia (Federated States of)	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monaco	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mongolia	10		6	17	18	13	10	6	5	MICS 2010 preliminary
Montenegro	11		9	14	23	11	8	10	4	MICS 2005-06
Morocco	64		52	82	87	80	67	54	38	DHS 2003-04
Mozambique	36		31	39	37	38	43	42	23	MICS 2008
Myanmar	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Namibia	35		22	47	58	48	43	27	13	DHS 2006-07
Nauru	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nepal	23		27	23	28	24	22	20	23	DHS 2006
Netherlands	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nicaragua	14		10	20	28	17	12	9	6	DHS 2006-07
Niger	70		71	70	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2006
Nigeria	43		31	50	56	53	49	39	23	DHS 2008
Niue	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norway	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oman	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pakistan	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Palau	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Panama	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Papua New Guinea	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paraguay	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peru	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Philippines	14		12	17	21	19	15	12	8	DHS 2008
Poland	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qatar	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Republic of Korea	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Republic of Moldova	21		14	26	38	27	20	15	10	DHS 2005
Romania	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russian Federation	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rwanda	56		40	59	66	63	59	56	40	DHS 2010
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Lucia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Samoa	61		37	67	65	65	63	60	52	DHS 2009
San Marino	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sao Tome and Principe	20		19	20	24	21	18	21	15	DHS 2008-09
Saudi Arabia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Senegal	60		49	71	80	70	63	54	42	DHS 2010-11
Serbia	3		1	5	11	4	2	1	0	MICS 2010
Seychelles	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	73		62	80	82	80	80	75	53	MICS 2010
Singapore	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovakia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Solomon Islands	69		65	70	66	71	68	71	68	DHS 2007
Somalia	76	y	68	80	85	83	80	67	65	MICS 2006
South Africa	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Sudan	79		78	79	83	77	77	79	78	SHHS-2 preliminary 2010
Spain	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	53	y	47	55	57	57	55	54	43	DHS 2006-07
State of Palestine	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sudan	47		38	52	69	60	49	36	29	SHHS-2 preliminary 2010
Suriname	13		11	20	27	14	13	8	7	MICS 2006
Swaziland	28		14	33	42	40	30	24	12	MICS 2010
Sweden	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Switzerland	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syrian Arab Republic	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tajikistan	74	y	67	77	78	81	80	74	60	MICS 2005
Thailand	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	15		7	24	34	22	13	5	2	MICS 2011 preliminary
Timor-Leste	86		89	85	81	85	88	88	89	DHS 2009-10
Togo	43		39	47	48	49	47	44	32	MICS 2010 preliminary
Tonga	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	8		-	-	12	10	9	5	3	MICS 2006
Tunisia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turkey	25		21	36	43	35	28	18	7	DHS 2008
Turkmenistan	38	y	24	48	43	50	50	38	14	MICS 2006
Tuvalu	70		-	-	71	68	68	65	78	DHS 2007
Uganda	58		46	61	58	61	63	67	47	DHS 2011
Ukraine	4		3	5	7	5	4	2	2	DHS 2007
United Arab Emirates	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United Kingdom	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United Republic of Tanzania	54		43	58	61	59	60	57	36	DHS 2010
United States	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Uruguay	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Uzbekistan	70		53	81	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2002
Vanuatu	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Viet Nam	36		27	40	49	44	38	32	20	MICS 2011
Yemen	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zambia	62		56	66	65	68	71	65	47	DHS 2007
Zimbabwe	40		29	46	52	49	46	34	25	DHS 2010-11

Notes:
DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
ENHOGAR: Encuesta Nacional de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples (Dominican Republic)
MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
NFHS: National Family Health Survey (India)
RHS: Reproductive Health Survey (Jamaica)
SHHS: Sudan Household Health Survey
- Data not available
y Data differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.