Abstract:
The
main
focus
of
this
study
was
to
find
out
the
perception
of
married
people
in Sakata
State
on
the
causes
and
patterns
of
wife
battering.
The
work
also
examined
if
SL:X,
length
of
marriage
and
ethnic
group
have
any
influence
on
the
perception
of
the
respondents.
J\
total
of three
hundred
and
eighty-four
(384)
married
respondents
made
up
of
one
hundred
and
eighty-one
(181)
male
and
two
hundred
and
three
(203)
female
were
involved
in the
study.
The
sample
was
from
ten
(10)
Local
Governments
randomly
selected
from
Sokoto
State.
The
research
instruments
used
in this
study
was
a questionnaire
titled
"causes
and
patterns
of
wife
battering
questionnaire"
(CPW13Q).
It contained
twenty-six
(26)
items
designed
by
the
researcher
from
the
review
of
related
literatures.
Six
(6)
research
questions
were
postulated
and
tested
for
using
tallies,
frequency
and
simple
percentages.
The
results
showed
that
most
of
the
items
on
the
causes
and
patterns
of
wife
battering
were
perceived
above
fifty
percent
(50%)
by
the
respondent
