Prevalence of domestic violence and associated factors among married women in a semi-rural area of western Turkey

Abstract

Objective : To determine the prevalence of domestic violence and associated factors among married women in a semi-rural area of western Turkey. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted between March 1 and April 29, 2011 on married women aged 15-49 years. Exposure to at least one of these types of violence at least one time within the past one year was regarded as the presence of domestic violence. Chi-square test and Logistic Regression analysis was used for statistical analysis. Results: Prevalence of domestic violence against women was found to be 39.0%. About 38,4% and 26.8% of women reported verbal and psychological violence respectively. The risk factors found for the domestic violence included youngest age group, an educational level of secondary/high school for men, form of the first marriage, number of children, alcohol and gambling habits of the husband. Conclusion: Our study found higher prevalence of domestic violence than expected. Verbal violence is also a significant problem particularly in terms of its consequences. It was concluded that further informative studies are needed on domestic violence to find out the causative factors to chalk out preventive strategies.

Magnitude and determinants of domestic violence against ever married women in Sohag, Egypt

“…These findings are consistent with. [8,14] A growing body of literature, [5,[8][9][10][11]13,15,[19][20][21][22] support our findings that low level of education of the participants was significantly associated with DV. Our results showed that more than two-thirds illiterate ones or those having primary education only reported exposure to DV compared to less than half those having university degree.…”

“…Studying sociodemographic characteristics of the surveyed women revealed no significant association between DV and current age of the woman or age at marriage in agreement with [5,[19][20][21] although these findings are inconsistent with [8,14] concerning current age of the participants and [13,22] concerning age at marriage. Moreover, we found no significant association between DV and place of residence, as according to our results more than half the surveyed women resided in both urban and rural areas reported exposure to DV.…”

“…[21] although [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] found that DV was significantly associated with duration of marriage. As regard the major causes of violence and in partial agreement, [14] money was the most frequent cause of fights between the abused women and her husband (57.4%).…”

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Sexual Violence among High School Female Students in Dilla Town, Gedeo Zone SNNPR, Ethiopia

“…The same study conducted in Nigeria indicates that sexual violence was significantly more experienced (AOR 2.23; 95% CI, 1.15-4.36) by older female sex workers (FSWs) than their younger counterparts, by permanent brothel residents (AOR 2.08; 95% CI 1.22-3.55) and among those who had been in the sex industry for more than five years [17][18][19]. Also this findings helps to conclude that females who had on sexual relation more likely vulnerable to sexual violence than those who had not sexual relation.…”

Domestic violence among married women of reproductive age in Zimbabwe: a cross sectional study

“…Results from this study is consistent with earlier studies that; women whose husbands drink alcohol were more likely to experience domestic violence compared to single women. Most previous studies have found a strong association between alcohol use by either women or husbands with domestic violence [7,31,32]. For example; a study conducted in Ghana revealed that women whose husbands drink alcohol were 2.5 more likely to experience domestic violence compared to women whose husbands do not drink [7].…”