Factors affecting the views and experiences of women living in the city centre of Manisa, Turkey, regarding domestic violence

Abstract

Domestic violence against women is an important social and public health problem worldwide resulting from unequal power relationships between men and women. The purpose of the present cross-sectional descriptive study was to determine the factors affecting the views and experiences of women living in the city centre of Manisa, Turkey, regarding domestic violence. The data were collected from a representative sample of women (n=873) in 2012. The socio-demographic questionnaire and the World Health Organization's Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Against Women were used for data collection. The study results revealed that of the women, 14.8% were exposed to physical violence, 7.9% to sexual violence, 20.2% to emotional violence/abuse and 11.2% to economic violence/abuse within the last 12 months. Lower income level, lower social status, lower educational level, unemployment, being exposed to parental violence during childhood and being married to husbands exposed to parental violence during childhood were associated risk factors with domestic violence. The study results indicate that domestic violence against women is a common phenomenon in Manisa.

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“…The rate of economic violence is 23% according to the İlknur et al (2014). In Turkey, exposure to economic violence rates among women varies between 23% and 25% (Alkan et al, 2020; Duva, 2019; Güçlü & Cann, 2018; Özpınar, 2018a, 2018b, 2020; Özpınar et al, 2016; İlknur et al, 2014). The research results comply with the literature.…”

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“…were exposed to economic violence in the last 12 months [45], in another study conducted in Manisa 7.4% of women [9] and again in another study conducted in the Manisa city center, 24.4% of women were exposed to economic violence [46]. It was found in a study conducted in Konya, that 13.5% of married women were exposed to sexual and economic violence [14]; in another study conducted in Turkey's capital Ankara showed that 60.4% of women [28] and 19.3% of the women in Edirne, were exposed to economic violence [47].…”

“…Domestic violence against women is a major social problem arising from unequal power relationships between men and women [45]. Turkish society has a traditional, patriarchal structure in which the culture has different hierarchies and different areas of activity for men and women [50].…”

“…Economic violence is linked to low income [36,39,44,45,47]. Having a higher standard of household living reduces the likelihood of economic violence and any IPV occurring together PLOS ONE [25].…”

“…Women who witness IPV against their mothers are more likely to report economic violence and any IPV at the time of occurrence [25]. Variables of parental violence in terms of the husband are associated with economic violence [45]. Those who have been exposed to domestic violence by family members in their childhood perceive domestic violence as normal in their future lives or marriages [14].…”