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

Lori Heise and Andreas Kotsadam

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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.

Keywords: Violence; IPV (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H00 J00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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