Determinants and Consequences of Domestic Violence

描述（由调查人员提供）：家庭暴力是最严重的暴力行为。 发展中国家妇女普遍遭受的暴力形式 服从。尽管国际上越来越关注这个问题， 过去十年，对家庭暴力严重程度的理解， 诱发因素及其对妇女及其家庭的后果， 发展中国家仍然有限。尽管人类学证据表明 提出了背景和社区层面因素的重要性， 确定不同文化中的家庭暴力程度，定量研究 探讨这些因素对妇女遭受暴力风险的影响， 有限公司发展中国家的家庭暴力研究迄今也 几乎完全集中在女性身上，对女性的理解很少。 男人的观点-主要的侵略者。 这项研究是在小组以前的方法和实质性工作的基础上进行的 调查人员探讨北方家庭暴力的决定因素， 印度，一个以妇女地位低和妇女参与程度高为特点的环境， 婚姻中的暴力该研究的定量数据来自现有的 在北塔五个区收集的6 607名丈夫的数据库调查 1995- 1996年期间，印度普拉德什，并补充了地区一级的数据， 暴力犯罪率多水平logit模型将被用来调查 社区和背景因素（社会经济）的相对贡献 发展、暴力犯罪水平和有关性别角色的规范）， 家庭因素（社会经济地位、妇女地位、家庭 结构和代际暴力风险）来解释风险 在这种情况下的家庭暴力 这项研究随后考虑了4381名妻子的数据， 探讨家庭暴力与生殖健康之间的关系 结果。使用多变量probit和多项logit模型，我们分析 家庭暴力与采用避孕药具之间的关系， 避孕方法选择和妊娠/活产结局。

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.