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Culture and domestic violence in Tanzania

Culture and domestic violence in Tanzania

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202212658683217
Enrollment
480
Registered
2022-12-12
Start date
2017-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

Interventions

Video on violence against women
Video on violence against albinos

Sponsors

University of Dar es Salaam
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Women and men aged 15 or older

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
For women: Nine indicator variables for experiencing different types of domestic violence: if the spouse has ever pushed, shaken or thrown something at the respondent; slapped; punched with fist or something harmful; kicked or dragged; tried to strangle or burn; physically forced sex when not wanted; physically forced other sexual acts when not wanted; twisted woman’s arm or pulled her hair or threatened her with any weapon. Also, five indicator variables for attitudes towards violence, including whether violence is justified in some situations, such as the wife going out without telling the husband about it, the wife neglecting the children, arguing with the husband, refusing to have sex with the husband, or burning the food. For men: Indicator variable taking value one if the respondent has ever hit, slapped, kicked, or physically hurt their wife. Five indicator variables for attitudes towards violence, including whether violence is justified in some situations, such as the wife going out without telling the husband about it, the wife neglecting the children, arguing with the husband, refusing to have sex with the husband, or burning the food. All outcome measures are obtained from surveys conducted after showing the intervention videos. The control group is surveyed right away.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Any violence indicator variable takes value one if the woman has experienced any form of the nine measured types of violence, and zero otherwise. Applicable to women only. 2. Violence index obtained by grouping the nine mentioned indicators of violence counts the number of different types of violence respondent has experienced. Higher scores indicate higher exposure to violence. Applicable to women only. 3. Any justification indicator variable takes value one if a respondent justifies any situation leading to domestic violence, and zero otherwise. Applicable to both men and women. 4. Violence justification index counts the instances when the respondent justifies violence. Higher scores indicate higher acceptance of violence. Applicable to both men and women.

Countries

Tanzania

Contacts

Public ContactNeda Trifkovic

Assistant Professor University of Copenhagen

neda.trifkovic@econ.ku.dk+4535333642

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026