Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Is Women Empowerment a Reducing Factor? A Study from a National Bangladeshi Sample

Rahman, Mosiur; Hoque, Md. Rakibul; Makinoda, S.

doi:10.1007/s10896-011-9375-3

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“…Specifically, Angelucci found that uneducated husbands were more likely to abuse their younger, also uneducated wives if their income supplement was higher than their earned income. Other studies have found similar effects of women's income earning increases in developing countries such as Bangladesh and the Philippines (see Hindir & Adair, 2003;Jejeebhoy, 1998;Koenig et al, 2003;Krishnan et al, 2010;Rahman et al, 2011;Schuler et al, 1998;Schuler, Hashemi, Riley, & Akhter, 1996).…”

Section: Women's Economic Status and Ipvmentioning

confidence: 66%

“…Contradictory results have been found in other research studies (Dalal, 2011;Hindin & Adair, 2003;Jejeebhoy, 1998;Koenig et al, 2003;Rahman, Hoque, & Makinoda, 2011;Schuler, Hashemi, & Badal, 1998). For example, a research report by Dalal (2011) concluded that economic empowerment by means of earning was not protective of IPV in India.…”

Section: Women's Economic Status and Ipvmentioning

confidence: 76%

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Employment Status and Intimate Partner Violence Among Mexican Women

Terrazas-Carrillo

McWhirter

2014

J Interpers Violence

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Exploring risk factors and profiles of intimate partner violence in other countries provides information about whether existing theories of this phenomenon hold consistent in different cultural settings. This study will present results of a regression analysis involving domestic violence among Mexican women (n = 83,159). Significant predictors of domestic violence among Mexican women included age, number of children in the household, income, education, self-esteem, family history of abuse, and controlling behavior of the husband. Women's employment status was not a significant predictor when all variables were included in the model; however, when controlling behavior of the husband was withdrawn from the model, women's employment status was a significant predictor of domestic violence toward women. Results from this research indicate that spousal controlling behavior may serve as a mediator of the predictive relationship between women's employment status and domestic violence among Mexican women. Findings provide support for continued exploration of the factors that mediate experiences of domestic violence among women worldwide.

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Section: Women's Economic Status and Ipvmentioning

confidence: 66%

Section: Women's Economic Status and Ipvmentioning

confidence: 76%

Employment Status and Intimate Partner Violence Among Mexican Women

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McWhirter

2014

J Interpers Violence

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“…As seen above, numerous individual factors have been found to be associated with an increase in interpersonal violence: age (Bhuiya et al 2003;Parveen 2007), education (Koenig et al 2003;Parveen 2007;Rahman et al 2011), class (Akhter 2008;Bates et al 2004;Persson 2005, 2010;Rahman et al 2011), and drug abuse (Aklimunnessa et al 2007;Johnson and Das 2009;Salam et al 2006). …”

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confidence: 99%

“…In Bangladesh, women are more likely to be a victim of intimate partner violence if they are young (Akhter 2008;Koenig et al 2003;Rahman et al 2011), they are married to a man younger than 30 years of age (Bhuiya et al 2003), they possess a limited education (Bates et al 2004;Hadi 2009;Parveen 2007;Rahman et al 2011;Salam et al 2006), they are married to a man with limited education (Hadi 2009;Koenig et al 2003), both the husband and wife have low levels of education (Rapp et al 2012), they are from a poor household (Rahman et al 2011), and they married at an early age (Akhter 2008;Parveen 2007). Past and current experience with marriage also impacts the level of spousal abuse with higher rates found when both the husband and the wife have had multiple marriages (Salam et al 2006) and the husband's mother had a history of abuse from his father (Naved and Persson 2005).…”

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“…Applying this theory, researchers argue that in such situations men may feel that to display their higher position in the household they need to use controlling behavior therefore increasing the likelihood they will be abusive to their partner (Garcia-Moreno et al 2006). Thus, Rahman et al (2011) caution that individual empowerment of women within their relationships may actually increase their rate of victimization. This starts before the marriage for as Naved and Persson report, Bdowry demand, an indicator of the patriarchal attitude of the marital home, significantly predicts physical wife abuse in Bangladesh^(2010, p. 849).…”

Section: Microsystem Factorsmentioning

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Using an Ecological Framework to Understand Men’s Reasons for Spousal Abuse: An Investigation of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2007

Akhter

Wilson

2015

J Fam Viol

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This article applies an ecological model to explore men's reasons for spousal abuse in Bangladesh. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey 2007 indicate that multiple factors perpetuate spousal abuse: the individual-level factors of low education and wealth, a micro-level factor of women making decisions regarding household purchases, an exo-level factor relating to the wives' failure to seek legal support, and a macro-level factor reflecting cultural support for using violence to control wives. However, an ecological model reflecting all four levels of measurement (individual, micro, exo, and macro) explains the greatest amount of variance in spousal abuse. Policy implications include changing the support for spousal abuse at the cultural level, while addressing men's controlling attitudes towards women within the household.Violence against women at the hands of their male intimate partners, while ubiquitous cross-culturally, varies greatly in rate. The World Health Organization's (WHO) Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women reports rates across ten countries ranging from the extremes of 15 to 71 % of women reporting physical or sexual abuse by their intimate partner (2005a). While variable, these numbers are generally accepted as reflecting a serious social justice issue, especially within developing countries.Limited attention has been given to addressing the pervasive problem of intimate partner violence in South Asian countries where Brigid cultures and patriarchal attitudes which devalue the role of women, result in the wide spread occurrence of violence against women^(Niaz 2003, p. 173). One such country reporting some of the highest rates of intimate partner violence is Bangladesh. WHO data reveal that between 53 and 62 % of ever-married Bangladeshi women experience physical or sexual abuse by their male partner (WHO 2005b). The current study uses the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2007 to examine men's reasons for spousal abuse by utilizing an embedded ecological approach. Additionally, policies and programs that may assist this country and its victims are proposed. Spousal Abuse in BangladeshSince the mid-1980s, gender-based violence within Bangladesh has been revealed through various media outlets (Guhathakurta 2004). A 2011 study by Rahman, Hoque, and Makinoda of 4,181 female participants in the BDHS 2007 found one in four (24 %) married Bangladeshi women were victims of physical and/or sexual violence in the preceding 12 months, with this number increasing to one in three (35 %) for girls aged 15-19 years of age. Of those women experiencing intimate partner violence, 10.5 % reported sexual abuse only, while 19.4 % reported physical abuse only. Utilizing a sample size of only 11 women, Akter and Begum (2012) state that 10 (91 %) reported being a victim of physical and verbal abuse as a causal factor for their divorce. Bangladeshi women are Btargets of the worst kind of oppressive behavior and a never ending trauma that begins at birth and stops ...

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Association between intimate partner violence during pregnancy and maternal pregnancy complications among recently delivered women in Bangladesh

Ferdos

Rahman

Jesmin

et al. 2018

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Intimate partner violence (IPV), an actual or threatened physical, sexual, or psychological abuse by a current or former partner or spouse, is a common global public health issue. Understanding both the prevalence of IPV during pregnancy and its potential impact on the health of pregnant women is important for the development and implementation of interventions to prevent maternal morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between maternal experiences of IPV during pregnancy and pregnancy complications. A health-facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2015 to April 2016 among 400 randomly selected women who were admitted to the postnatal wards of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for delivery. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. Multivariable logistic regressions were performed to assess relationships between variables of interest after controlling for potential confounders. Results indicated that 39.0% of women reported physical IPV and 26.3% of women reported sexual IPV during pregnancy. Additionally, 69.5% of women experienced medical complications (MCs); of this group, 44.3% experienced obstetric complications (OCs) and 79.3% experienced any pregnancy complication (AC) during their last pregnancy. The experience of physical IPV during pregnancy was significantly associated with the experience of MCs (adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 2.05, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.15-4.01), OCs (AOR: 4.23, 95% CI: 2.01-7.12) and AC (AOR: 5.26, 95% CI: 2.98-10.52). Women who experienced sexual IPV during pregnancy were also at increased risk of suffering from any MC, any OC, and AC. Maternal experience of IPV during pregnancy is positively associated with pregnancy complications. Preventing IPV directed at pregnant women might reduce maternal morbidity and mortality in Bangladesh.

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Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Is Women Empowerment a Reducing Factor? A Study from a National Bangladeshi Sample

Cited by 126 publications

References 33 publications

Employment Status and Intimate Partner Violence Among Mexican Women

Employment Status and Intimate Partner Violence Among Mexican Women

Using an Ecological Framework to Understand Men’s Reasons for Spousal Abuse: An Investigation of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2007

Association between intimate partner violence during pregnancy and maternal pregnancy complications among recently delivered women in Bangladesh

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