Individual and Contextual Determinants of Domestic Violence in North India

We examined individual- and community-level influences on domestic violence in Uttar Pradesh, North India. Multilevel modeling was used to explore domestic violence outcomes among a sample of 4520 married men. Recent physical and sexual domestic violence was associated with the individual-level vari...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2006-01, Vol.96 (1), p.132-138
Main Authors: Koenig, Michael A, Stephenson, Rob, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Jejeebhoy, Shireen J, Campbell, Jacquelyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Childlessness
Data analysis
Developing countries
Domestic violence
Economic development
Empowerment
Families & family life
Health surveys
Households
Humans
Husbands
India
LDCs
Male
Marriage
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Personal relationships
Polls & surveys
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Reproductive health
Research and Practice
Risk factors
Sexual intercourse
Social Environment
Socioeconomic Factors
Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Status
Studies
Violent crime
Wives
Womens health
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Summary:We examined individual- and community-level influences on domestic violence in Uttar Pradesh, North India. Multilevel modeling was used to explore domestic violence outcomes among a sample of 4520 married men. Recent physical and sexual domestic violence was associated with the individual-level variables of childlessness, economic pressure, and intergenerational transmission of violence. A community environment of violent crime was associated with elevated risks of both physical and sexual violence. Community-level norms concerning wife beating were significantly related only to physical violence. Important similarities as well as differences were evident in risk factors for physical and sexual domestic violence. Higher socioeconomic status was found to be protective against physical but not sexual violence. Our results provide additional support for the importance of contextual factors in shaping women's risks of physical and sexual violence.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2004.050872