Abstract
General Overview:
This short US article reports on a study concerning the acceptance of domestic violence among people in refugee camps in Jordan.

Objective:
The study aimed to explore the level of acceptance of wife beating, among married Palestinian refugees in Jordan.

Methods:
The study drew on data from a living conditions cross-sectional survey of 3,100 randomly selected households in Jordan’s twelve refugee camps. The data was obtained through Interviews conducted in 1999. Adults among married Palestinian refugees were asked whether or not they agreed that it is appropriate for a husband to hit his wife, if she engaged in any of eight hypothetical behaviours. The sample was made up of 391 persons (132 men and 259 women). The response rate to the interviews was 95%.

Discussion:
Younger men and women were found to be more likely to condone beating than older men and women in the sample.

Results:
The study also found that 60.1% of men and 61.8% of women thought wife beating was acceptable in response to at least one of the eight behaviours suggested. The article provides a table of results for each of the eight behaviours.

Conclusions:
The article concluded that married men and women in Jordan refugee camps have similar attitudes towards wife beating.