TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual and contextual determinants of domestic violence in North India
AU - Koenig, Michael A.
AU - Stephenson, Rob
AU - Ahmed, Saifuddin
AU - Jejeebhoy, Shireen J.
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - Objectives. We examined individual- and community-level influences on domestic violence in Uttar Pradesh, North India. Methods. Multilevel modeling was used to explore domestic violence outcomes among a sample of 4520 married men. Results. Recent physical and sexual domestic violence was associated with the individual-level variables of childlessness, economic pressure, and intergenerational transmission of violence. A community environment of violent crime was associated with elevated risks of both physical and sexual violence. Community-level norms concerning wife beating were significantly related only to physical violence. Conclusions. Important similarities as well as differences were evident in risk factors for physical and sexual domestic violence. Higher socioeconomic status was found to be protective against physical but not sexual violence. Our results provide additional support for the importance of contextual factors in shaping women's risks of physical and sexual violence.
AB - Objectives. We examined individual- and community-level influences on domestic violence in Uttar Pradesh, North India. Methods. Multilevel modeling was used to explore domestic violence outcomes among a sample of 4520 married men. Results. Recent physical and sexual domestic violence was associated with the individual-level variables of childlessness, economic pressure, and intergenerational transmission of violence. A community environment of violent crime was associated with elevated risks of both physical and sexual violence. Community-level norms concerning wife beating were significantly related only to physical violence. Conclusions. Important similarities as well as differences were evident in risk factors for physical and sexual domestic violence. Higher socioeconomic status was found to be protective against physical but not sexual violence. Our results provide additional support for the importance of contextual factors in shaping women's risks of physical and sexual violence.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2004.050872
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2004.050872
M3 - Article
C2 - 16317213
AN - SCOPUS:29944442931
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 96
SP - 132
EP - 138
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 1
ER -