factors contributing to the married men’s attitudes towards wife-beating in indonesia

Background: domestic violence is a common problem in indonesia, especially intimate partner violence (ipv). this study aims to analyze the predictors of attitudes of married men towards wife-beating (wb) for neglecting their children.methods: the research data comes from the 7th demography and health survey collected by the u.s. agency for international development in 2017. the respondents were 10,009 married male respondents aged 15-54 and responded to question 618 (do you agree wb by husband for neglecting their children?).results: the results showed that of the ten independent variables identified as predictors of married men’s attitude towards wb for neglecting their children, only six independent variables had a significant relationship, including adultery, age, smoking habit, location of residence, education level, and polygamy. of these six independent variables, two independent variables (level of education and age) had a negative relationship, and four variables had a positive relationship with dependent variable significantly, p <0.01, with respective contributions of 82% (adultery), 121% (smoking habit), 125% (location of residence), and 233% (polygamy). the final logistic regression model can explain dependent variable of 2.06% significantly, x^2 (6) = 170.43, p <0.01.conclusion: this study suggests government institutions to make policy change in several sectors, such as education, social, information, tourism, health, economic, and regional development policy.