Effect of Education on Attitude Towards Domestic Violence in Nigeria: An Exploration Using Propensity Score Methodology

Propensity Score Methodology (PSM) was used to investigate the effect of education on attitude towards domestic violence (ATDV) among men and women in Nigeria.
 
 A total 14,495 33,419 records were extracted for respectively from 2016-2017 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) Nigeria. The outcome variable ATDV. study framework described role ATDV light demographic characteristics, socioeconomic profile, lifestyle. Selection bias checked levels using multinomial logit regression. scores (PS) PS weights generated treatment average effects (ATE) estimated logistic regression that combined adjustment inverse-probability weight. Descriptive statistics, odds ratios 95%CI presented.
 mean age 30.8±10.2 years 29±9.4 respectively. About 22% 35% justified (DV) found between covariates level (p<0.05). PSM effectively corrected selection (SD diff ≈ 0, Variance ratio 1). Men (AOR = 0.84, 95% CI: 0.78, 0.92) (AOR=0.94, 95%CI: 0.80, 2.22) who have attained tertiary less likely justify DV comparison their uneducated counterparts.
 Tertiary protective women. use controlled estimating will enable researchers make causal inference non-experimental/cross-sectional studies situations where randomized control trials are not feasible.