Cross-national and multilevel correlates of partner violence: an analysis of data from population-based surveys

Heise, Lori and Kotsadam, Andreas (2015): Cross-national and multilevel correlates of partner violence: an analysis of data from population-based surveys. Published in: The Lancet Global Health , Vol. 6, No. 3 : pp. 322-340.

Abstract

On average, intimate partner violence aff ects 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 aff ect 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 defi ning levels of partner violence among settings.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Violence; IPV
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H0 - General > H00 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General > J00 - General

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