Journal
JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
Volume 36, Issue 13-14, Pages NP7246-NP7263Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0886260518824652
Keywords
domestic violence; predicting domestic violence; cultural contexts
Funding
- College of Nursing and Professional Developmental (CNPD) Internal Research Funds, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
- Office of Academic Affiliations, Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment, Department of Veterans Affairs
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Violence against Pakistani women is prevalent due to methodological and cultural complexities, resulting in inflated prevalence and low reporting rates. Improving women's education, economic status, and marital relationships are effective strategies to reduce violence.
Violence against Pakistani women occurs at an alarming prevalence that reflects a significant risk to the health of women and families. Understanding violence against women in Pakistan comes with methodological and cultural complexities. Many of the studies examining prevalence and predictors of violence against women tend to utilize convenience samples contributing to the possibility of an inflated prevalence. Due to the patriarchal family structure and cultural context, domestic violence is normalized resulting in extremely low reporting rates. The present study utilizes a sample of ever-married Pakistani women collected across five provinces to shed light on the prevalence and predictors of women that experience domestic violence (emotional or physical abuse). Data were obtained from the 2012-2013 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey including a large sample of Pakistani women from five provinces (Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit Baltistan). Binary Linear regressions were conducted to examine how intrinsic variables (age, education, region, urban/rural, type of marital relationship, and wealth) predicted experiencing emotional or physical abuse from one's husband within the past year. Approximately, 20% of women endorsed experiencing physical violence and 28% endorsed experiencing emotional violence. Results found that educational level, wealth, and type of marital relationship were associated with a higher likelihood of experiencing some form of physical or emotional violence. Implications from this study support policy interventions aimed at education within the family, linking women with resources, and continued investment in the education of young women. Interventions would be best targeted in low wealth regions with a special emphasis on rural areas.
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