Risk factors for domestic violence: findings from a South African cross-sectional study

Jewkes, Rachel; Levin, Jonathan; Penn‐Kekana, Loveday

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(01)00294-5

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“…Western males not understanding Thai customs and traditions), immature behaviour by their partners, and infidelity on the husband’s behalf. Research findings support some of the women’s explanations; increased risk of IPV among female immigrants has previously been found to be related to males’ heavy alcohol consumption, poverty and lack of education [42–45], male psychopathology [27,46], and family dysfunction and intercultural differences [46–48]. At the individual level, research indicates that a combination of alcohol use, mental health problems and gender role expectations affects the relationship and, in turn, seems to reinforce and increase violence against women [49].…”

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Broken dreams of a better life in Sweden: Thai women’s lived experiences of intimate partner violence by Swedish men in international marriages

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Darvishpour

Kijsomporn

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Global Health Action

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Background: Intimate partner violence by men against women has detrimental effects on equality, health and integration. Migrated and ‘imported’ wives experience an increased risk of intimate partner violence. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore Thai immigrant women’s lived experiences of intimate partner violence in Sweden. Method: Semi-structured interviews based on the critical incident technique with specific questions about experiences of male-to-female intimate partner violence were used to collect data. The participants were Thai immigrant women who had lived in Sweden for more than five years. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify patterns and variations in the transcribed data material. Results: Eighteen interviewees reported psychological, physical, economic and/or sexual violence in their international marriages. These Thai women described being faithful and silent and reliable housewives. However, this did not keep them from being replaced and losing dignity as a result of intimate partner violence, including experiencing broken dreams and deception. Although their dreams were broken, they did not give up their efforts to achieve better lives in Sweden. Conclusions: The vulnerability of imported wives in international marriages needs to be further recognised by health and welfare agencies in Sweden, as elsewhere, to ensure that these women have equal access to human rights, welfare and health as other citizens. From a health promotion perspective, home-based health check-ups are needed to stop the exploitation of imported wives. In Thailand, information and education about the unrecognised negative conditions of the Mia farang role (Imported wife role) need to be disseminated.

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confidence: 66%

Broken dreams of a better life in Sweden: Thai women’s lived experiences of intimate partner violence by Swedish men in international marriages

Pongthippat

Darvishpour

Kijsomporn

et al. 2018

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“…The first wife is forced to share existing resources with the new families of the husband and competition is most fierce around a husband's investment in health, education, and other expenditures on their children (Caroline H. Bledsoe 1993;Al-Krenawi 1999). Further empirical support is given by a cross-sectional study in South Africa, finding that polygyny is associated with higher rates of domestic physical and sexual abuse (Jewkes, Levin, and Penn-Kekana 2002). Consanguinity marriages could be a relevant factor as they are relatively common in Jordan with 43 percent of marriages taking place between relatives (mostly first or second cousins; Department of Statistics of Jordan and ICF Macro 2010).…”

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Does Women’s Labor Force Participation Reduce Domestic Violence? Evidence from Jordan

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2016

Feminist Economics

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Enhancing women's labor force participation is seen as a way to promote their empowerment and improve their well-being and that of their children. The empirical literature on the relationship between women's employment status and domestic violence is less clear-cut. Using quantitative data from Jordan in 2007, this study explores the effect of women's employment, as measured by their participation in paid work outside the home, on reported domestic violence, controlling for the potential endogeneity of women's employment, which might bias the relationship between employment and domestic violence. Without taking endogeneity into account, the regression results suggest that a woman's participation in paid work enhances violence by her husband. After controlling for endogeneity, these results turn out to be insignificant, which suggests that women's work status has no causal influence on marital violence. Differentiating between various types of domestic violence provides weak evidence that women's employment lowers sexual violence. KEYWORDSWomen's work, violence against women, bargaining models JEL-Codes:: D63, J16, J12

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“…In the context of intimate-partner violence it may not necessarily be the perpetrator's drinking, but the ensuing conflict that results in violence. Alcohol thus has a disinhibiting effect which can fuel violent conflicts [37]. There is also evidence to suggest that men may drink to embolden them to be violent towards an intimate partner if this is socially expected [38].…”

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confidence: 99%

Applying upstream interventions for interpersonal violence prevention: An uphill struggle in low- to middle-income contexts

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a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords:Interpersonal violence prevention policy Risk factors Interventions Burden of disease Low-to middle-income contexts Western Cape South Africa a b s t r a c tIn South Africa's Western Cape province, interpersonal violence was identified among the key prevention priorities in the provincial government's Burden of Disease (BoD) Reduction project. To date, there are no adequate systematic reviews of the full range of potential intervention strategies. In response, available data and the literature on risk factors and prevention strategies for interpersonal violence were reviewed with a view to providing policy makers with an inventory of interventions for application. Given the predominance of upstream factors in driving the province's rates of interpersonal violence, efforts to address its burden require an intersectoral approach. Achievable short-term targets are also required to offset the long-term nature of the strategies most likely to affect fundamental shifts. Documentation and evaluation will be important to drive long-term investment, ensure effectiveness and enable replication of successful programmes and should be considered imperative by interpersonal violence prevention policymakers in other low-to middle-income contexts.

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Risk factors for domestic violence: findings from a South African cross-sectional study

Cited by 588 publications

References 25 publications

Broken dreams of a better life in Sweden: Thai women’s lived experiences of intimate partner violence by Swedish men in international marriages

Broken dreams of a better life in Sweden: Thai women’s lived experiences of intimate partner violence by Swedish men in international marriages

Does Women’s Labor Force Participation Reduce Domestic Violence? Evidence from Jordan

Applying upstream interventions for interpersonal violence prevention: An uphill struggle in low- to middle-income contexts

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