THE PREVALENCE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG COUPLES IN ILISHAN-REMO, OGUN STATE.

ABSTRACT It is becoming a normalcy for one to wake up every morning and hear or read news and information of disagreement, quarrel and fight among couples in Nigeria as it is across the world. Wives are murdered almost every day, husbands are also often being beaten up by their fierce wives, unmarried ladies also fall victim of being murdered by current or rejected lover as well as other forms of inhuman treatment meted on individuals as a result of domestic violence, Thus this study investigate the prevalence of domestic violence among married couples in Ilishan Remo, Ogun State. The study made use of survey research design with a sample size of 200, the study adopted the random sampling technique to select the participants in this study. Furthermore, frequencies and percentages were used to present the result of the study while SPSS version 27 was used to analyze the results of the study. The result shows that less than half (41%) of the respondents reported that their partners had ever hurt them in the past year. Also almost half (49%) of the respondents reported that their spouse daily engaged them in meaningful communication. Furthermore, more than half (58%) of the respondents reported that their spouse had never belittled them in front of others. Less than half (59.3%) of the respondents reported that they received counselling from their pastors. The study recommended that measures should be put in place to checkmate spouses who abuse each other, this will greatly reduce the rate of violence in different homes.