Correlates of domestic violence experience among recently-married women residing in slums in Pune, India

Ameeta S Kalokhe, Sandhya R Iyer, Ambika R Kolhe, Sampada Dhayarkar, Anuradha Paranjape, Carlos del Rio, Rob Stephenson and Seema Sahay

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-16

Abstract: The high risk of experiencing domestic violence (DV) among married women in India who reside in slum communities underscores the need for effective, evidence-based, and culturally-tailored primary prevention. To inform such DV primary prevention strategies for this population, we herein aimed to identify correlates of DV experience in early marriage. Utilizing a cross-sectional design, potential correlates of DV experience were explored among a geographically-clustered random sample of 100 recently-married women residing in slums in Pune, India. In multivariable regression, DV experience was associated with less educational attainment by the participant’s spouse (standardized β = -0.281, p = 0.004), less satisfaction of the spouse’s family with the maanpaan (wedding-related gifts provided by the bride’s family) they received at the time of marriage (standardized β = -0.298, p

Date: 2018
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