Objectives: to identify the impact of socio demographic factors on attitude of ever married female toward violence against women in Egypt. Materials and methods:Data from Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE), 2014 were used in this study. Attitude towards gender-based violence (GBV) and socio-demographic characteristics of 3,226 ever married females aged 13-35 years were selected for secondary and advanced analysis. Results: Only a small percentage (28.7%) of all ever married female youth rejected gender-based violence. The rejection of GBV was increased with increasing the wealth quintile from the lowest to the richest level (P <0.001). There were no statistical significant differences between respondents who accepted the GBV attitude and those who reject it as regard the employment status (P = 0.442). There was more rejection of GBV with increasing educational level of respondents and their parents from illiterate to university or higher level (P <0.001). Agreement to GBV increased by increasing the number of brothers and sisters (P = 0.021).
Conclusion: Sociodemographic characteristics play an important role on the attitude of ever married women towards violence against women.
Recommendations: Parents, educational institutions, health care providers (e.g. pre-marital counseling), civil society (mass media), community and religious leaders need to engage in more open dialog with young people to educate them about GBV, enforce positive attitude (multi – sectoral interventions) and support economic and social development.