Determinants of wife-beating acceptance among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis of 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey

Background There is limited national representative evidence on determinants of women’s acceptance of wife-beating especially; community level factors are not investigated in Ethiopia. Thus, this study aimed to assess individual and community-level factors associated with acceptance of wife beating among reproductive age women in Ethiopia. Methods Secondary data analysis was done on 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data. A total of 15,683 weighted reproductive age group women were included in the analysis. Multi-level mixed-effect logistic regression analysis was done by Stata version 14.0 to identify individual and community-level factors. An adjusted odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval was used to show the strength and direction of the association. Statistical significance was declared at p value less than 0.05 at the final model. Result Individual-level factors significantly associated with acceptance of wife-beating among women were; being Muslim follower [AOR = 1.3, 95% CI = (1.1, 1.5)], Being married [AOR = 1.3, 95% CI = (1.1, 1.6)], attending primary, secondary and higher education [AOR = 0.8, 95% CI = (0.7, 0.9)], [AOR = 0.4, 95% CI = (0.3, 0.5)], [AOR = 0.3, 95% CI (0.2, 0.4)] respectively. From community level factors, living in Somali [AOR = 0.2 95% CI = (0.1, 0.3)], Addis Ababa [AOR = 0.3, 95%CI = (0.2, 0.5)] and Dire Dawa [AOR = 0.5, 95% CI = (0.3, 0.7)] were 80%, 70% and 50% less likely accept wife-beating when compare to women who live in Tigray region, respectively. Live in high proportion of poor community [AOR = 1.2, 95% CI = (1.1, 1.3)], live in low proportion of television exposure communities [AOR = 1.4, 95% CI = (1.2, 2.2)] were significantly associated with acceptance of wife-beating among women in Ethiopia. Conclusion Educational status, religion, marital status, region, community-level wealth, and community level of television exposure had a statistical association with women’s acceptance of wife-beating. Improving educational coverage, community-level of media exposure, community-level wealth status and providing community-friendly interventions are important to reduce the acceptance of wife-beating among women in Ethiopia.

HUBUNGAN LAMA PAPARAN TELEVISI TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN MOTORIK HALUS BALITA

AbstrakLatar belakang: Televisi merupakan salah satu inovasi teknologi yang sering digunakan oleh setiap orang tidak terkecuali anak balita. Menghabiskan banyak waktu pada tayangan televisi membuat anak-anak kehilangan kesempatan untuk mengeksplor lingkungan dan bermain dengan teman-teman sebayanya sehingga berdampak pada kemampuan motorik anak. Tujuan: Mengetahui hubungan antara lama paparan televisi dengan perkembangan motorik halus anak usia 3-5 tahun. Metode: Penelitian analitik observasional dengan pendekatan cross sectional pada balita usia 3-5 tahun di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Kenjeran Surabaya dengan menggunakan purposive sampling. Lama paparan televisi diukur menggunakan lembar pengumpul data sedangkan perkembangan motorik halus diukur menggunakan KPSP aspek motorik halus. Analisis data menggunakan chi square (p < 0,05). Hasil: sebanyak 108 balita yang ikut serta dalam penelitian. Anak yang menonton > 2 jam/ hari sebagian besar lulus perkembangan motorik halus. Hasil uji chi-square menunjukkan adanya hubungan antara lama durasi paparan televisi dengan kemampuan motorik halus (p=0,042). Kesimpulan: menonton televisi yang tidak terkendali dapat membawa dampak buruk bagi perkembangan motorik halus, diperlukan peran orangtua dalam mengawasi dan membatasi paparan televisi pada anak. AbstractBackground: Television is one of the technological innovations that is often used by everyone is no exception for toddlers. Spending a lot of time on television shows makes children lose the opportunity to explore the environment and play with peers so as to impact the child's motor skills. Objectives: Know the relationship between prolonged television exposure with fine motor development of children aged 3-5 years. Method: Observational analytic research with cross sectional approach in toddlers aged 3-5 years in the working area of Kenjeran Surabaya by using purposive sampling. Prolonged television exposure was measured using a data collector sheet while smooth motorik developments were measured using KPSP fine motor aspects. Data analysis using Chi Square (P < 0.05). Results: As many as 108 toddlers participating in the study. Children watching > 2 hours/day mostly pass fine motor development. The chi-square test results indicate the relationship between the length of the duration of television exposure with fine motor capability (P = 0,042). Conclusion: An uncontrolled television watch can bring a bad impact to the smooth motorik developments, required parental role in supervising and restricting television exposure in children.

Challenging the Link Between Early Childhood Television Exposure and Later Attention Problems: A Multiverse Approach

In 2004, Christakis and colleagues published an article in which they claimed that early childhood television exposure causes later attention problems, a claim that continues to be frequently promoted by the popular media. Using the same National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 data set ( N = 2,108), we conducted two multiverse analyses to examine whether the finding reported by Christakis and colleagues was robust to different analytic choices. We evaluated 848 models, including logistic regression models, linear regression models, and two forms of propensity-score analysis. If the claim were true, we would expect most of the justifiable analyses to produce significant results in the predicted direction. However, only 166 models (19.6%) yielded a statistically significant relationship, and most of these employed questionable analytic choices. We concluded that these data do not provide compelling evidence of a harmful effect of TV exposure on attention.

Women, Culture and Television in Pakistan: A Cross Sectional Study

The basic goal of this study was to discover the cultural effects of television on women television viewers. The findings of the research study indicated the respondents' viewpoint. The majority was agreed to the point of view that television is the best source for new dress designs and dressing trends, and they also agreed that due to television exposure dressing style has been changed. Most of the respondents negated the point of view that television exposure is changing food habits. While when they asked television, exposure is affecting your language, then some respondents negated this point of view, and some quite agreed. Majority of the respondent negated this point of view that exposure to television is affecting their domestic events and celebrations. Most of the respondents were agree that television inspired them towards new fashion trends.

Adolescents’ Objectification of Their Same-Sex Friends: Indirect Relationships With Media Use Through Self-Objectification, Rewarded Appearance Ideals, and Online Appearance Conversations

The current cross-sectional study among adolescent boys and girls ( N = 640, Mage = 15.47, SD = 1.63) examined whether exposure to popular television programs and Facebook predicts the extent to which adolescents objectify their same-sex friends. Two pathways were tested to explain these relationships. The first included internalization of rewarded appearance ideals and self-objectification. The second included appearance conversations with friends on Facebook. Results revealed that adolescents’ television exposure and Facebook use only indirectly predicted friend-objectification through their engagement in appearance conversations on Facebook. The relationship between television exposure and friend-objectification was also fully mediated by internalization and self-objectification.