Prevalence of domestic violence and associated factors among married women in a semi-rural area of western Turkey
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UNLABELLED Objective : To determine the prevalence of domestic violence and associated factors among married women in a semi-rural area of western Turkey. METHODS This descriptive study was conducted between March 1 and April 29, 2011 on married women aged 15-49 years. Exposure to at least one of these types of violence at least one time within the past one year was regarded as the presence of domestic violence. Chi-square test and Logistic Regression analysis was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS Prevalence of domestic violence against women was found to be 39.0%. About 38,4% and 26.8% of women reported verbal and psychological violence respectively. The risk factors found for the domestic violence included youngest age group, an educational level of secondary/high school for men, form of the first marriage, number of children, alcohol and gambling habits of the husband. CONCLUSION Our study found higher prevalence of domestic violence than expected. Verbal violence is also a significant problem particularly in terms of its consequences. It was concluded that further informative studies are needed on domestic violence to find out the causative factors to chalk out preventive strategies.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 30 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014