The prevalence and pattern of wife beating in the Trincomalee district in eastern Sri Lanka.
The prevalence and pattern of wife beating in the Trincomalee district in eastern Sri Lanka.
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斯里兰卡东部亭可马里地区殴打妻子的普遍情况和模式。
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发表时间：
2001
影响因子：
0.2
通讯作者：
S. Sivayogan
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作者：
Padmini Subramaniam;S. Sivayogan
进行了一项描述性横断面研究，以确定斯里兰卡东部亭可马里区 Kantale 卫生官员 (MOH) 地区的发生率并确定与殴打妻子相关的一些社会人口因素。样本人群由 417 名年龄在 18-49 岁的女性组成。数据是通过焦点小组讨论获得的，然后由经过培训的采访者进行结构化调查问卷。据报道，已婚女性中殴打妻子的比例为 30%，而研究前一年殴打妻子的比例为 22%。殴打妻子与研究人群的种族或施虐者或受害者的特定年龄组之间没有显着关联。此外，殴打妻子与妇女结婚年龄早、收入低、生活水平低、家庭人口众多以及施暴者饮酒有关。还发现家庭暴力与施虐者和受害者的教育水平之间存在显着的负相关关系。研究发现，挫伤通常分布在头部、面部和颈部区域，是受虐妇女最常见的伤害类型。大多数妇女，无论其教育水平和就业状况如何，都将子女的福祉视为继续维持虐待关系的主要原因。研究得出的结论是，殴打妻子对于坎塔莱女性来说是一个严重的健康和社会问题。建议针对研究确定的关键问题进行干预，包括男性酗酒、人口相对缺乏教育、缺乏计划生育、促进女童青少年结婚的社会影响以及缺乏旨在提高人们对殴打妻子的认识的方案。
A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence and to identify some socio-demographic factors associated with wife beating in the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) area of Kantale in the Trincomalee district of eastern Sri Lanka. A random sample of 417 women in the age category 18-49 years constituted the sample population. Data were obtained by focus group discussions followed by the administration of a structured questionnaire by trained interviewers. The prevalence of reported wife beating among ever-married women was 30% and the prevalence of wife beating in the year preceding the study was 22%. There was no significant association between wife beating and ethnicity of the study population or a particular age group of either the batterer or the victim. Moreover, wife beating was associated with an early age at marriage for women, low-income, a low standard of living index, large families and alcohol consumption by the batterer. A significant inverse relationship between domestic violence and the level of education of both the batterer and the victim was also identified. Contusions, typically distributed in the region of the head, face and neck were found to be the commonest type of injury suffered by battered women. A majority of women, irrespective of their level of education and employment status placed the welfare of their children as the prime reason for continuing to stay in an abusive relationship. The study concludes that wife beating is a serious health and social problem for the women population of Kantale. Intervention is recommended in relation to key issues identified by the study, including alcohol abuse by men, relative lack of education among the population, lack of family planning, societal influences promoting teenage marriages of the girl-child and absence of programs aimed at creating awareness on wife beating.