Risk Factors for Severe Intimate Partner Violence and Violence-Related Injuries Among Women in India

Abstract

Relying on an ecological framework, we examined risk factors for severe physical intimate partner violence (IPV) and related injuries among a nationally representative sample of women (N = 67,226) in India. Data for this cross-sectional study were derived from the 2005-2006 India National Family Health Survey, a nationally representative household-based health surveillance system. Logistic regression analyses were used to generate the study findings. We found that factors related to severe physical IPV and injuries included low or no education, low socioeconomic status, rural residence, greater number of children, and separated or divorced marital status. Husbands' problem drinking, jealousy, suspicion, control, and emotionally and sexually abusive behaviors were also related to an increased likelihood of women experiencing severe IPV and injuries. Other factors included women's exposure to domestic violence in childhood, perpetration of IPV, and adherence to social norms that accept husbands' violence. Practitioners may use these findings to identify women at high risk of being victimized by severe IPV or injuries for prevention and intervention strategies. Policies and programs that focus on empowering abused women and holding perpetrators accountable may protect women at risk for severe IPV or injuries that may result in death.

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence among Postpartum Women Attending Government Primary Health Care Clinics in Malaysia

“…Previous studies have shown that socio-demographic factors, such as age, educational level, socio-economic status, and relationship/ marital status are associated with women's experiences of IPV (Kapiga et al 2017;Lacey et al 2016;Sabri et al 2014). However, the associations have not been consistent and there have been numerous factors influencing the risk of IPV.…”

“…Two separate multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to explore factors associated with lifetime and pastyear IPV. All variables in the bivariate analysis were included in the multivariable analysis because all those independent variables have been demonstrated to be potential confounders through research literature search (Ali et al 2014;Capaldi et al 2012;Sabri et al 2014) and are important to be included in the final adjusted model regardless of whether they are statistically significantly related to the outcome. All independent variables were tested for multicollinearity and interactions with each other.…”

Victims and Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence Among Sexually Active Youth in a Community With a High HIV Prevalence in Western Kenya

“…19 Similar results have been reported in India and South Africa. 20,21 This could be related to a high level of economic dependency by women on men, 16 which may make many women reluctant to report IPV. 22 In Uganda, a decrease in IPV has been associated with the empowerment of women, providing evidence to support the importance of education and delayed partnering for young women.…”

Üni̇versi̇te Öğrenci̇leri̇ni̇n Çi̇ftler Arasi Şi̇ddeti̇ Kabulleri̇ni̇n Çeşi̇tli̇ Deği̇şkenler Açisindan İncelenmesi̇

“…Çiftler arası şiddeti kabul etmede cinsiyet faktörü dışında madde kullanımı (Merghati-Khoei, Korte, Rimaz, Back, Brady ve Shamsalizadeh, 2014), ırk (Powers ve Kaukinen, 2012), güvensiz bağlanma (Craparo, Gori, Petruccelli, Cannella ve Simonelli, 2014), aşırı alkol tüketimi (Watkins, Maldonado ve Dilillo, 2014), erken çocukluk döneminde şiddet görme, aile içinde şiddete tanık olma (Yount ve ark., 2014;Sabri, Renner, Stockman, Mittal ve Decker, 2014), ilişkinin süresi (Thongpriwan, 2008) ve akılcı olmayan inançlara sahip olma (Vezina ve Hebert, 2007;Himelein, 1995;Harned, 2002) gibi başka faktörlerin de olduğu görülmektedir.…”