Study of domestic violence against married women in the field practice area of urban health training centre, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Khadilkar, Hrishikesh; Paunikar, Apeksha P.; Doibale, Mohan K.; Kuril, Bina M.; Gaikwad, Ashwini; Andurkar, Smita; Mundada, Vinod D.

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20180254

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“…A study in India found that age was associated with experiencing domestic violence and younger women were more exposed to physical abuse. 24-26 A study in Bangladesh reported that women from the older age group were more likely to suffer from physical abuse by their husbands and partners. 27…”

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Domestic violence and decision-making power of married women in Myanmar: analysis of a nationally representative sample

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BACKGROUND: Women in Myanmar are not considered decision makers in the community and the physical and psychological effect of violence makes them more vulnerable. There is a strong negative reaction, usually violent, to any economic activity generated by women among poorer and middle-class families in Myanmar because a woman's income is not considered necessary for basic survival.OBJECTIVE: Explore the relationship between domestic violence on the decision-making power of married women in Myanmar.DESIGN: Cross-sectional.SETTING: National, both urban and rural areas of Myanmar.PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data from the Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16 were used in this analysis. In that survey, married women aged between 15 to 49 years were selected for interview using a multistage cluster sampling technique. The dependent variables were domestic violence and the decision-making power of women. Independent variables were age of the respondents, educational level, place of residence, employment status, number of children younger than 5 years of age and wealth index.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Domestic violence and decision-making power of women.SAMPLE SIZE: 7870 currently married women.RESULTS: About 50% respondents were 35 to 49 years of age and the mean (SD) age was 35 (8.4) years. Women's place of residence and employment status had a significant impact on decision-making power whereas age group and decision-making power of women had a relationship with domestic violence.CONCLUSION: Giving women decision making power will be indispensable for the achievement of sustainable development goals. Government and other stakeholders should emphasize this to eliminate violence against women.LIMITATIONS: Use of secondary data analysis of cross-sectional study design and cross-sectional studies are not suitable design to assess this causality. Secondly the self-reported data on violence may be subject to recall bias.CONFLICT OF INTEREST: None.

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Domestic violence and decision-making power of married women in Myanmar: analysis of a nationally representative sample

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“…Association between education of respondent and physical violence had no significant association (p>0.005), same result was seen by Marine Chitashvili et al [5] study by Fehese et al [9] showed that increase in education decreased risk of violence. Study by Khadilkar H et al [11] also showed that 57.71% experienced physical violence. Also the study revealed that education and occupation of couple plays an important role in domestic violence.…”

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A cross sectional study to find the magnitude of physical violence among married females

Pundkar¹

2020

Int. J. Adv. Community Med.

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Background: The United Nations Declaration on the elimination of 'Violence Against Women (VAW)', General Assembly in 1993 defined VAW as-"Any act of gender based violence that results in or is likely to result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering to women including threat of such act, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty whether occurring in public or private life". Physical abuse such as slapping, beating, arm twisting, stabbing, strangling, burning, choking, kicking, threats with an object or weapon, and murder & also the traditional practices like female genital mutilation etc. Aim and Objective: To find the magnitude of physical violence among the married females. Methodology: A cross sectional study was carried out infield practice area under PHC. Thus total 776 married females were selected by systematic random sampling. Written informed consent was taken from the participants. A predesigned and pretested questionnaire was used and all the confidentiality was maintained. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 21 software. Results: Majority of respondents (79.12%) were threatened to hurt by their family members. That 64.94% of the respondents had history of slapping or things thrown at them in past. Rest of the respondents did not give such history. Discussion: A study by Marine Chitashvili (Georgia-2010) et al. Showed that 3.8% of women said that their partners threatened to hurt her or someone she cares about. A study by Chakwana (Malawi 2004) showed that the most common forms of spousal violence are slapping and arm twisting (16 percent). Conclusion: Physical violence ranged from moderate to severe violence; slapping, thrown something and Kicking/hit/bit was the most common type of physical violence encountered among women by their male partner. There is a need to create awareness about the adverse consequences of partner abuse through gender advocacy and formal and/or informal education, employing information education and communication was crucial.

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“…10 However, a study from urban part of Aurangabad, Maharashtra reported that, 57.71% experienced physical and 50% psychological violence. 11 In the psychological violence, insult 50 (84.7%), humiliating in front of others 40(67.7%) and belittling 23(38.9%) were found to be the most common. In relation to physical violence, beating & slapping 30(85.7%) was the most common followed by pushing 8(22.8%) and pressure for sex 12(80%) was the most common form observed among sexual violence.…”

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A cross-sectional study on domestic violence among married women of reproductive age in rural mandya

Raghavendra¹,

Vinay²,

Thejaswini³

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Introduction: Domestic violence against women is a global problem and present in every country cutting across the boundaries of culture, class, education, income, ethnicity and age. It has serious consequences on the women's mental, physical, reproductive and sexual health. Materials and Methods: A community based, cross-sectional study was conducted from 200 women of reproductive age (18-49 years) residing in rural field practice area of Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Mandya, Karnataka, with a predesigned, pretested, semi-structured questionnaire, pertaining to the socio-demographic parameters, type, frequency, modes, reasons for domestic violence and legal support seeking behaviour in them. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The prevalence of domestic violence was found to be 39.5%. The common type of domestic violence was psychological violence 59(74.7%), followed by 35(44.3%) had physical violence and 15(18.9%) sexual violence. Insult (84.7%), beating and slapping and pressure for sex 12(80%), were the most common types of violence's observed respectively. Husband was the 48(60.8%) most common perpetrator of domestic violence. Alcohol addiction of husband was the leading cause for domestic violence. The common reason to stay in violent relationship was for children 55 (69.6%), the common response to violence was tolerating 57(72.2%). Domestic violence significantly associated with factors such as occupational status of the women includes agriculture, business & government service, husband's educational status such as graduation & primary school education and with their habits of smoking & alcohol consumption. The legal help seeking behaviour was very less 7(8.9%) and most common reason cited was social stigma 22 (27.8%) %). Conclusion: About one third of the women in the reproductive age group were exposing to domestic violence and psychological violence was the most common type. The occupational status of the women, such as agriculture, business & government service, the husband's, educational status including graduation & primary school education, and alcohol & smoking habits were independent risk factors for developing domestic violence. The legal help seeking behaviour of the women was very low.

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Study of domestic violence against married women in the field practice area of urban health training centre, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Cited by 9 publications

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Domestic violence and decision-making power of married women in Myanmar: analysis of a nationally representative sample

Domestic violence and decision-making power of married women in Myanmar: analysis of a nationally representative sample

A cross sectional study to find the magnitude of physical violence among married females

A cross-sectional study on domestic violence among married women of reproductive age in rural mandya

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