Determinants and Consequences of Domestic Violence

描述(调查员提供)：家庭暴力最具代表性 发展中国家妇女普遍存在的暴力形式 受制于。尽管这一问题在国际上日益受到关注，但 在过去的十年里，对家庭暴力的严重程度的理解，其 诱发因素及其对妇女及其家庭的影响 发展中国家仍然是有限的。尽管人类学证据表明 建议环境和社区层面的因素在 确定跨文化的家庭暴力水平，定量研究 继续探讨这些因素对妇女遭受暴力的风险的影响 有限的。到目前为止，发展中国家的家庭暴力研究也 几乎只关注女性，几乎不了解 人的视角--主要的侵略者。 这项研究建立在该小组以前的方法和实质性工作的基础上 调查人员调查北方家庭暴力的决定因素 印度，一个以妇女地位低和妇女水平高为特征的环境 婚姻中的暴力。这项研究的定量数据来自现有的 对北方州五个区收集的6607名丈夫的数据库调查 印度普拉德什邦1995-96年间，并辅之以地区一级的数据 暴力犯罪率。将使用多层Logit模型来研究 社区和环境因素的相对贡献(社会经济 发展、暴力犯罪水平和有关性别角色的规范)和 家庭一级的因素(社会经济地位、妇女地位、家庭 结构和代际暴力暴露)来解释这种风险 在这种情况下的家庭暴力。 这项研究随后考虑了4381名妻子的匹配样本中的数据 探讨家庭暴力与生殖健康的关系 结果。利用多元Probit模型和多项Logit模型，我们分析了 家庭暴力和采取避孕措施之间的关系， 避孕方法的选择和妊娠/活产结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): Domestic violence represents the most pervasive form of violence to which women in developing countries are subjected. Despite increasing attention to this issue internationally over the last decade, understanding of the magnitude of domestic violence, its precipitating factors, and its consequences for women and their families in developing countries remains limited. Although anthropological evidence has suggested the importance of contextual and community-level factors in determining levels of domestic violence across cultures, quantitative research exploring the impact of such factors on the risk of violence to women remains limited. Domestic violence research in developing countries has also thus far focused almost exclusively upon women, with little understanding of the perspective of men-the principal aggressors. This study builds upon previous methodological and substantive work of the team of investigators to explore the determinants of domestic violence in North India, a setting characterized by low status of women and high levels of violence within marriage. Quantitative data for the study come from an existing data base survey of 6607 husbands, collected in five districts of Uttar Pradesh, India during 1995-96, and supplemented by district-level data on violent crime rates. Multi-level logit models will be employed to investigate the relative contributions of community and contextual factors (socioeconomic development, violent crime levels, and norms concerning gender roles) and household-level factors (socioeconomic status, women's status, family structure, and intergenerational exposure to violence) in explaining the risk of domestic violence in this setting. The study subsequently considers data from a matched sample of 4381 wives to explore the relationship between domestic violence and reproductive health outcomes. Using multivariate probit and multinomial logit models, we analyze the relationship between domestic violence and contraceptive adoption, contraceptive method choice, and pregnancy/live birth outcomes.