Physical violence by husbands:: Magnitude, disclosure and help-seeking behavior of women in Bangladesh
Physical violence by husbands:: Magnitude, disclosure and help-seeking behavior of women in Bangladesh
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.12.001
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发表时间：
2006-06-01
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5.4
通讯作者：
Persson, Lars Ake
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作者：
Naved, Ruchira Tabassum;Azim, Safla;Persson, Lars Ake
本文探讨了孟加拉国城市和农村遭受丈夫身体暴力的程度、披露情况以及受虐待妇女的求助行为。这些数据来自2000-2004年期间在孟加拉国进行的一项关于对妇女的家庭暴力的更大规模的研究。2001年进行的基于人口的调查部分（n = 2 702）所涵盖的所有已婚妇女都包括在目前的分析中。我们还对28名受到丈夫身体虐待的妇女进行了深入采访。结果显示，妇女一生中遭受配偶身体暴力的比例很高：城市地区为40%，农村地区为42%。大多数受虐待的妇女（66%）对她们的经历保持沉默。这种沉默背后的主要原因是高度接受暴力、耻辱和害怕更大的伤害。60%的城市和51%的农村受虐待妇女从未得到过他人的帮助。只有2%的人曾经寻求机构的帮助，而这些机构并没有提供支持。妇女只有在无法再忍受或暴力威胁到生命或儿童面临危险时才求助于这些来源。调查结果表明，尽管提供适当的服务是绝对必要的，但促进对这些服务的使用并帮助妇女克服获得这些服务的障碍也很重要。(c)2005爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
This paper explores the magnitude of physical violence by husbands, the disclosure of it and the help-seeking behavior of abused women in urban and rural Bangladesh. The data come from a larger study on domestic violence against women conducted in Bangladesh during 2000-2004. All ever-married women covered by the population-based survey component (n = 2702) conducted in 2001 were included in the current analysis. We also draw on in-depth interviews with 28 women who were physically abused by their husbands. Results show a high prevalence of lifetime physical spousal violence against women: 40% in urban and 42% in rural areas. Most of the abused women (66%) were silent about their experience. The main reasons behind this silence were high acceptance of violence, stigma and fear of greater harm. Sixty percent of urban and 51% of rural abused women never received any help from others. Only 2% ever sought help from institutional sources, from where support was not forthcoming. Women approached these sources only when they could not endure anymore or the violence became life threatening or children were at risk. The findings show that although providing appropriate services is absolutely necessary, it is also important to foster the use of such services and to help women overcome the barriers for accessing these services. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.