Abstract: Objective： To investigate the attitudes to domestic violence in those married migrant women, and its influencing factors, so as to provide evidences for future interventions. Methods：It is a cross-sectional survey. Face to face anonymous interviews were adopted in the questionnaire survey. 958 valid questionnaires were collected. SAS9.1 software was used for the statistic analysis. Results：More than 80% of the respondents agreed that " the husband should not beat his wife at any time"，15.7% of respondents agreed that "when the husband found his wife was unfaithful， he can beat his wife"， 11.1% of respondents agreed that "if the wife does not honor father and mother in law, the husband can beat his wife". 17.1% of women disagreed "when the wife do not want, she can refuse sex with her husband". Findings of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that respondents who were older or got married by blind dates were more likely to tolerant domestic violence, and respondents who had higher educational level were more likely to object domestic violence. Conclusions：The attitudes of those married migrant women toward domestic violence were generally positive. Some of married migrant women had incorrect attitudes toward domestic violence. It is necessary to raise their awareness on the gender equality and domestic violence, and to improve their ability to prevent and combat domestic violence, by the effective propaganda and education.

Key words: Population, Battered Women, Domestic violence, Attitude, Coross-sectional studies, Shanghai