Knowledge of and Attitude towards Domestic Violence among Married Teachers in Primary Schools in Borno State, Nigeria
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This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of married public and private school teachers towards domestic violence (DV) in Borno State, Maiduguri, Nigeria. To determine this knowledge and attitude, two objectives were raised and two null hypotheses were answered. A cross-sectional research design was used for this study. The population and sample of this study consist of both private and public primary school teachers in Maiduguri. A convenience sample was used to select 185 teachers in public schools and 185 teachers in private schools making a total of 370. The instrument used to collect data for this study was adopted from previous studies named Knowledge and Attitude of Married Teachers towards Domestic Violence in Borno State, Maiduguri, Nigeria. Descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentages were used to analyze the demographic information of the respondents, mean and standard deviation were used for the research questions while inferential statistics of independent sampled t-tests were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result indicated that there is no significant difference in knowledge and attitude of married public and private school teachers in Borno State, Maiduguri on DV based on gender (p > 0.05). It was concluded that married teachers in public and private primary schools in Maiduguri have good knowledge of DV as a result of having a positive attitude towards DV. It was recommended that the good knowledge of DV demonstrated by these primary school teachers should be used to educate other married men and women in various communities on the need to avoid domestic violence so as to have a peaceful environment at home.
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