Cross-national and multilevel correlates of partner violence : an analysis of data from population-based surveys Lori L. Heise and Andreas Kotsadam
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ArticleSeries: The Lancet Global HealthPublication details: Elsevier, 2015Subject(s): Online resources:
In: The Lancet Global Health, 2015, 3(6): e332–e340Summary: On average, intimate partner violence affects nearly one in three women worldwide within their lifetime. But the distribution of partner violence is highly uneven, with a prevalence of less than 4% in the past 12 months in many high-income countries compared with at least 40% in some low-income settings. Little is known about the factors that drive the geographical distribution of partner violence or how macro-level factors might combine with individual-level factors to affect individual women's risk of intimate partner violence. We aimed to assess the role that women's status and other gender-related factors might have in defining levels of partner violence among settings. (from the authors' abstract). A New Zealand survey is included in this data analysis. Record #4710
The Lancet Global Health, 2015, 3(6): e332–e340
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On average, intimate partner violence affects nearly one in three women worldwide within their lifetime. But the distribution of partner violence is highly uneven, with a prevalence of less than 4% in the past 12 months in many high-income countries compared with at least 40% in some low-income settings. Little is known about the factors that drive the geographical distribution of partner violence or how macro-level factors might combine with individual-level factors to affect individual women's risk of intimate partner violence. We aimed to assess the role that women's status and other gender-related factors might have in defining levels of partner violence among settings. (from the authors' abstract). A New Zealand survey is included in this data analysis. Record #4710