Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Spousal Violence Against Women in Slum and Nonslum Areas of Urban Bangladesh

Sambisa, William; Ángeles, Gustavo; Lance, Peter; Naved, Ruchira Tabassum; Thornton, Juliana

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“…Young age at marriage appears to be a risky factor for being a victim of spousal violence in this study. This is in agreement with the submission of Romans et al [33] in a study they conducted in Canada and also of the study of Sambisa et al [27] in Bangladesh. This is also in agreement with the findings from WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The most reported acts of violence include pushing or kicking (31%), slapping and punching (15.5%), and arm twisting and throwing things at (14.1%). This also is in alignment with the report of Sambisa et al [27] earlier cited.…”

Section: Prevalence Of Spousal Violencesupporting

confidence: 93%

“…This yielded a prevalence rate of 47.3% and 32% for ever and current experience of spousal violence respectively. As expected, the overall prevalence of spousal violence in the 12 months preceding the survey (32%) was substantially lower than women's lifetime experience (47.3%).These rates were higher than what Sambisa et al [27] reported for Bangladesh. They reported a physical spousal violence rate of 31% in the past year to the survey.…”

Section: Prevalence Of Spousal Violencesupporting

confidence: 52%

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Spousal Violence in Southwest Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates

Alo¹,

Odusina²

2012

J Women’s Health Care

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Spousal violence is increasingly a health issue all over the world, especially in Africa where an unhealthy mix of tradition, inequality and ignorance aggravates the scourge. Despite numerous interventions from human right groups and NGO's, the problem is still widespread. This study investigates the prevalence of two forms of spousal violencephysical and sexual violence and its correlation among the people of Southwest Nigeria. Data was collected from 300 ever married or cohabiting women through an interview method, and it was processed with SPSS to generate simple percentages and logistic regression estimates. The sample was selected through multistage stratified random sampling technique across all the states of Southwest Nigeria. Spousal violence was measured using a Shorthand and Modified Conflict Tactics Scale. The result indicated spousal violence prevalence rate of 47.3% for ever experience of spousal violence, and 32% for spousal violence prevalence in the 12months preceding the survey. The common forms of physical violence are: kicking/pushing-31%, slapping-15.5% and arm twisting/throwing things at-14.1%; while the most common form of sexual violence is forced intercourse with 12.7% and 11.5% for ever experience and experience within the 12 months preceding the survey respectively. The experience of spousal violence varied substantially with number of living children, educational levels of women, union status and women's attitude towards wife beating. The paper concluded that there is a need for massive girl child education and the enlistment of social, political, religious and other leaders in speaking out against spousal violence.

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Spousal Violence in Southwest Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates

Alo¹,

Odusina²

2012

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“…14 In this study all of the women belonged to socio economic status class 3 and class 4 and it is not significantly associated with occurrence of IPV among them. The association of family income and IPV was found to be highly significant in other studies conducted in India.…”

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Intimate partner violence among ever married Group-D women workers in a medical institution

Shwetha

Ashok

Rajanna

et al. 2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONIntimate partner violence (IPV) against women is the most prevalent yet relatively hidden form of violence against women and it is a global human rights and public health concern.1,2 Intimate partner violence is one of the most common forms of violence against women and includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and controlling behaviours by an intimate partner.3 Recent international estimates indicate that the percentage of women with a lifetime experience of IPV is as high as 71% (rural Ethiopia) and falls between 21% and47% in the majority of countries.2,3 According to NFHS3 data 37.2% of the ever married women experienced spousal violence in India. 4 Intimate partner violence describes physical violence, sexual violence; stalking and psychological aggression (including coercive acts) by a current or former intimate partner.5 IPV affects physical, mental and reproductive health. Health consequences can be fatal and end in suicides. Physical violence is defined as any act or conduct which is of such a nature as to cause bodily pain, harm or danger to life, limb or health, or an act that impairs the health or development of the person ABSTRACT Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most common type of violence against women. It has adverse consequences on physical, mental and sexual health. Hence this study was conducted to study intimate partner violence among married Group -D female workers in a medical college campus, to document their help seeking for IPV and to assess their attitude towards intimate partner violence. Methods: A cross-sectional study among married Group-D women workers in a medical college campus. Of the total 73, 60 Group-D workers who gave informed consent were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. In addition, data on socio-economic characteristics was collected. Descriptive statistics, Chi -square test, Fischer's exact test was used for analysis. Analysis was done using SPSS software version 18. Results: The study showed that of 60 Groups -D women workers in a medical institution, 29 (48%) experienced life time IPV. Some socio-economic characters like type of family, type of marriage, husband's education and alcohol intake by husband were significantly associated with IPV. Almost all (97%) said that the wife beating was unacceptable. Only 41% sought help for IPV. Conclusions: IPV in Group-D married women of a medical institution was high with nearly 50% reporting IPV. Influencing factors such as type of family, type of marriage, educational status of husband and alcohol intake by husband were associated with IPV. The help seeking behaviour was not satisfactory.

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“…Greenery in low income areas of the city provides a platform for older residents to integrate socially, improving their mental health and longevity [44]. Both greenery and social interactions in such surroundings can significantly reduce aggression [30,46], which can be quite high in the urban slum context in South Asia [47]. Cattell et al [45] further suggest that social ties can improve tolerance among neighbours and increase vitality of the community as a unit.…”

Section: Social Capitalmentioning

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Vegetation in Bangalore’s Slums: Boosting Livelihoods, Well-Being and Social Capital

Gopal

Nagendra

2014

Sustainability

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Abstract:Urban greenery provides ecosystem services that play an important role in the challenging context of urban deprivation and poverty. This study assesses the social importance of vegetation through empirical assessment of 44 urban slums in the rapidly developing southern city of Bangalore, India. Vegetation played a major role in supporting nutrition by its role in food consumption, and in promoting health through the planting of species with medicinal use. Trees in slums also formed nodes for social activities including conversing and playing, domestic activities such as cooking and washing dishes, and livelihood activities such as the manufacture of broomsticks and tyre repair. Innovative methods of gardening were widely adopted, with kitchen gardens found planted in plastic bags, paint cans, old kitchen utensils and buckets, indicating the importance given to planting in environments with limited finances. Short and narrow trunked trees with medium-sized canopies and high economic value, such as Pongamia, were preferred. A greater focus on greening in slums is needed, and can provide an invaluable, inexpensive and sustainable approach to improve lives in these congested, deprived environments. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2014, 6 2460

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Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Spousal Violence Against Women in Slum and Nonslum Areas of Urban Bangladesh

Cited by 92 publications

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Spousal Violence in Southwest Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates

Spousal Violence in Southwest Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates

Intimate partner violence among ever married Group-D women workers in a medical institution

Vegetation in Bangalore’s Slums: Boosting Livelihoods, Well-Being and Social Capital

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