DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2019.v07i02.005

Pages: 91-96

The study assessed the extent of knowledge and attitudes of women on Ugac Norte, Tuguegarao City, and Cagayan on Violence against Women (VAW). The study adopted a descriptive correlational research design and inferential statistics to answer questions concerning knowledge and attitudes. Using Slovin’s formula with 0.05 as a margin of error to compute for the sample size, 350 respondents were selected. The questionnaire has three categories: the first part was used to determine socio-demographic profile of the respondents, the second part contains 16 questions to assess the extent of knowledge of the respondents regarding general information about VAW, and the last part involves questions used to determine the attitudes of the respondents towards prevention and intervention on VAW. Results were validated using face to face interview when respondents were asked questions similar to the questionnaire used. Majority of the respondents are moderately knowledgeable towards the general information about VAW and shows a positive attitude towards intervention against VAW. Age and educational attainment of the respondents showed a significant effect on their knowledge and attitude towards VAW. It is concluded that the extent of knowledge of women places a significant effect on their extent of attitude towards it. Thus, the higher the knowledge of the respondents on the general information about VAW, the better their attitude towards it.