Physical spousal violence against women in India: Some risk factors
Physical spousal violence against women in India: Some risk factors
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DOI：
10.1017/s0021932007001836
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发表时间：
2007-09-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Duvvury, Nata
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作者：
Jeyaseelan, L.;Kumar, Shuba;Duvvury, Nata
在印度等发展中国家，配偶对妇女的家庭暴力现在开始被认为是一个阻碍发展的普遍健康问题。本研究旨在探讨终身配偶身体暴力的危险因素及保护因素。在印度7个地点的农村、城市和城市贫民窟地区，对15-49岁的妇女和一名18岁以下的子女进行了一次跨部门住户调查。使用与大小成比例的概率方法选择样本。受过训练的实地工作人员进行了结构化的问卷调查，以了解配偶身体暴力的信息。主要假设变量是社会支持、目睹父亲殴打母亲和童年时期遭受严厉身体暴力的经历、配偶酗酒和社会经济变量。结果变量包括打、踢、打三种身体暴力行为。使用逻辑回归计算暴力的风险和保护因素的比值比。在接受调查的9938名妇女中，26%的人报告说在婚姻生活中遭受过配偶的身体暴力。使用多元逻辑回归分析计算的校正比值比表明，丈夫经常饮酒的妇女（OR 5.6; 95% CI 4.7-6.6）;经历过嫁妆骚扰（OR 3.2; 95% CI 2.7-3.8）;报告在童年时期遭受过严厉的体罚（OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.4-1.8），目睹父亲殴打母亲（OR 1.9; 95% CI 1.6-2.1），配偶身体暴力（殴打，拳打脚踢）的风险增加。较高的社会经济地位和良好的社会支持起到了防止配偶身体暴力的保护缓冲作用。调查结果提供了令人信服的证据，证明配偶身体暴力的潜在风险因素，这反过来又有助于规划干预措施。
Domestic spousal violence against women in developing countries like India, is now beginning to be recognized as a widespread health problem impeding development. This study aimed to explore the risk and protective factors for lifetime spousal physical violence. A cross-sectional household survey was carried out in rural, urban and urban-slum areas across seven sites in India, among women aged 15-49 years, living with a child less than 18 years of age. The sample was selected using the probability proportionate to size method. Trained field workers administered a structured questionnaire to elicit information on spousal physical violence. The main hypothesized variables were social support, witnessed father beating mother and experience of harsh physical violence during childhood, alcohol abuse by spouse and socioeconomic variables. The outcome variables included three physical violence behaviours of hit, kick and beat. Odds ratios were calculated for risk and protective factors of violence using logistic regression. Of 9938 women surveyed, 26% reported experiencing spousal physical violence during the lifetime of their marriage. Adjusted odds ratios calculated using multiple logistic regression analysis suggest that women whose husbands regularly consumed alcohol (OR 5.6; 95% CI 4.7-6.6); who experienced dowry harassment (OR 3.2; 95% CI 2.7-3.8); had reported experiencing harsh physical punishment during childhood (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.4-1.8) and had witnessed their fathers beat their mothers (OR 1.9; 95% CI 1.6-2.1), were at increased risk of spousal physical violence (beat, hit and kick). Higher socioeconomic status and good social support acted as protective buffers against spousal physical violence. The findings provide compelling evidence of the potential risk factors for spousal physical violence, which in turn could help in planning interventions.