en رفتارهای اجتماعی Social Behavior Original Article <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Background:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"> Domestic violence is a common problem in Indonesia, especially intimate partner violence (IPV). This study aims to analyze the predictors of attitudes of married men towards wife-beating (WB) for neglecting their children. </span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> The research data comes from the 7^th Demography and Health Survey collected by the U.S. Agency for International Development in 2017. The respondents were 10,009 married male respondents aged 15-54 and responded to question 618 (Do you agree WB by husband for neglecting their children?).</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Results:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> The results showed that of the ten independent variables identified as predictors of married men&rsquo;s attitude towards WB for neglecting their children, only six independent variables had a significant relationship, including adultery, age, smoking habit, location of residence, education level, and polygamy. Of these six independent variables, two independent variables (level of education and age) had a negative relationship, and four variables had a positive relationship with dependent variable significantly, <i>p</i> <0.01, with respective contributions of 82% (adultery), 121% (smoking habit), 125% (location of residence), and 233% (polygamy). The final logistic regression model can explain dependent variable of 2.06% significantly, <i>X²</i> (<b>6</b>) = 170.43, <i>p</i> <0.01. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Conclusion: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This study suggests government institutions to make policy change in several sectors, such as education, social, information, tourism, health, economic, and regional development policy.</span></span></span></span></span></span> Domestic Violence, Spouse Abuse, Smoking, Polygamy, Sexual Behavior 874 884 http://sbrh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-450-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Dyah Hapsari Ekonugraheni dyahhapsari@fisip.unsri.ac.id 0000-0001-7249-5012 Yes Department of Sociology, Sriwijaya University, Palembang, Indonesia Eva Lydia evalidya@fisip.unsri.ac.id No Department of Sociology, Sriwijaya University, Palembang, Indonesia Yusnaini Yusnaini yusnaini@fisip.unsri.ac.id No Department of Sociology, Sriwijaya University, Palembang, Indonesia Mery Yanti mery.yanti@fisip.unsri.ac.id 0000-0003-1869-594X No Department of Sociology, Sriwijaya University, Palembang, Indonesia