کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
952646 927530 2012 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Gender-based violence and socioeconomic inequalities: Does living in more deprived neighbourhoods increase women’s risk of intimate partner violence?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
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Gender-based violence and socioeconomic inequalities: Does living in more deprived neighbourhoods increase women’s risk of intimate partner violence?
چکیده انگلیسی

This study investigates the influence of neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions on women’s likelihood of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Data from 940 women who were interviewed as part of the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence against women, and census data for Sao Paulo City, were analyzed using multilevel regression techniques. A neighbourhood socioeconomic-level scale was created, and proxies for the socioeconomic positions of the couple were included. Other individual level variables included factors related to partner’s behaviour and women’s experiences and attitudes.Women’s risk of IPV did not vary across neighbourhoods in Sao Paulo nor was it influenced by her individual socioeconomic characteristics. However, women in the middle range of the socioeconomic scale were significantly more likely to report having experienced violence by a partner. Partner behaviours such as excessive alcohol use, controlling behaviour and multiple sexual partnerships were important predictors of IPV. A women’s likelihood of IPV also increased if either her mother had experienced IPV or if she used alcohol excessively.These findings suggest that although the characteristics of people living in deprived neighbourhoods may influence the probability that a woman will experience IPV, higher-order contextual dynamics do not seem to affect this risk. While poverty reduction will improve the lives of individuals in many ways, strategies to reduce IPV should prioritize shifting norms that reinforce certain negative male behaviours.


► The probability of partner violence is not predicted by community context.
► Factors influencing partner violence do not vary significantly between neighborhoods.
► Mediating factors in causal pathway between poverty and violence need further research.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Social Science & Medicine - Volume 74, Issue 8, April 2012, Pages 1172–1179
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