The prevalence of domestic violence and its associated factors among married women in a rural area of Puducherry, South India

George, Jismary; Nair, Divya; Premkumar, Nancy; Saravanan, Nirmala; Chinnakali, Palanivel; Roy, Gautam

doi:10.4103/2249-4863.197309

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“…11 Other studies have reported that domestic violence is associated with a low education level. 12 - 15 . As can be seen in the results of this study, a low level of education is associated with domestic violence.…”

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Domestic violence against women in Turkey

Başar¹,

Demırcı²

2018

Pak J Med Sci

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Objective:To identify the prevalence of domestic violence and the factors that influence domestic violence.Methods:A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used with data from 1481 women over 18 years of age who were married at least once. Demographics and the Scale for Domestic Violence against Women (SDVAW) were used to collect the data.Results:The results showed that 41.3% of the women experienced domestic violence, and the majority (89.2%) had been subjected to violence by their spouses. There was a significant relationship between the mean SDVAW score and educational status, income status, spouse’s age, spouse’s education level, marriage age, family type and subjection to violence (p<.05).Conclusion:Low social status in Turkey was connected to the level of domestic violence. Efforts should be made to improve women’s social status. Changing the country’s patriarchal system, and educating women and their spouses can be useful in preventing domestic violence.

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“…Studies in the literature suggest that there is an important relationship between early marriage age and domestic violence. 1 , 12 , 15 …”

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Domestic violence against women in Turkey

Başar¹,

Demırcı²

2018

Pak J Med Sci

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“…Non-Muslims women were 0.12 times less likely compared to Muslims (AOR = 0.12, CI = 0.03-0.51, p = 0.004), and employed women were 0.56 times less likely compared to unemployed or housewife (AOR = 56, CI = 0.30-1.06, p = 0.075) to experience IPV. Women with educated husband were 0.06 times less likely to experience IPV compared to women with uneducated husband (AOR = 0.06, CI = 0.01-0.53, p = 0.011 High prevalence of IPV was also reported in many other countries in recent studies, 42% in Malawi (Chikhungu et al, 2019), 56.7% in Sothern India (George et al, 2016), 40% in Gambia (Jabbi et al, 2020), 42.7% in Zimbabwe (Lasong et al, 2020), and 32.5% in Haiti (Occean et al, 2020). Gebrewahd et al (2020) conducted a survey amid COVID-19 pandemic in northern Ethiopia, and found the prevalence of IPV 24.6%, where EV = 13.3%, PV = 8.3%, and SV = 5.3%.…”

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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against Women in Bangladesh amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Rayhan

Akter

2020

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Background: The study attempted to explore the prevalence and associated factors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 pandemic. IPV is a complete violation of women's human rights and a dominant chronic global public health problem. Methods: The target population of the study was Bangladeshi married women, aged between 16 to 49 years, and lived with an intimate partner. Data were collected from Dhaka city with eight other districts of Bangladesh, and among 605 married women response rate was 84.30%. WHO multi-country study tools for screening domestic violence were used to screen emotional, physical, and sexual violence. Results: The study found the prevalence of IPV about 45.29%, where emotionally abused 44.12%, physically 15.29%, sexually 10.59%, and either physically or sexually 19.22%. Adjusted with marital duration, residence, women’s level of education, husband’s age, and monthly family income, multivariate logistic regression results revealed that comparatively older women, employed, non-Muslims and women with educated husband were less likely to experience violence, while arranged marriage, family income reduction amid the pandemic and husbands’ pandemic induced depression or anxiety caused more likely to commit violence. Limitations: Self-reported cross-sectional study has some methodological limitations, and the present study is not free from them. Conclusions: The study contributes to the existing literature by highlighting the associated factors of IPV amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which will help to make preventive policy.

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“…(Puducherry; South India, 2015), and Singh and Shukla (NFHS-3). [1141516] This might be because education can change the way of thinking. Alcoholic husband was a risk factor in both types of domestic violence.…”

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Reciprocate and nonreciprocate spousal violence: A cross-sectional study in Haryana, India

Nadda

Malik

Bhardwaj

et al. 2019

J Family Med Prim Care

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Background: Prevention of intimate partner violence is an important public health goal owing to its negative psychological and physical health consequence. Objectives: Estimate the prevalence of reciprocate and nonreciprocate violence, severity of injuries, and related risk factors. Materials and Methods: The present study was a community-based cross-sectional study using multistage random sampling in which a total of 880 currently married women in the age group 15–49 years were interviewed using modified conflict tactics scale. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with both the types of domestic violence. Results: Total prevalence for spousal violence was 33.2% (283), out of which 14.84% (42) were reciprocally violent. Alcoholic husband [Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR): 3.262, P = 0.001], late year of marriage (>2 years) [AOR: 0.359, P = 0.001], low education of the participants [AOR: 1.443, P = 0.033], and low socioeconomic class [AOR: 0.562, P = 0.004] are the risk factors for nonreciprocate domestic violence. Alcoholic husband [AOR: 4.372, P = 0.001] and nuclear family [AOR: 3.115, P = 0.001] were found as significant risk factors for reciprocate domestic violence. Women indulging in reciprocate violence were associated with more severe injuries than nonreciprocate violence. Conclusion: This study depicts that every third female has experienced spousal violence and also highlights the existence of reciprocate violence in India. Alcoholism, low education of husbands, and living in nuclear family are the important determinants for reciprocate violence. Also, reciprocate violence is associated with severe injuries.

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The prevalence of domestic violence and its associated factors among married women in a rural area of Puducherry, South India

Cited by 42 publications

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Domestic violence against women in Turkey

Domestic violence against women in Turkey

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against Women in Bangladesh amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Reciprocate and nonreciprocate spousal violence: A cross-sectional study in Haryana, India

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