Intimate partner violence against women in Nigeria: a multilevel study investigating the effect of women's status and community norms
2018 (Engelska)Ingår i: BMC Women's Health, E-ISSN 1472-6874, Vol. 18, artikel-id 136
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Abstract [en]
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women has been recognised as a public health problem with far-reaching consequences for the physical, reproductive, and mental health of women. The ecological framework portrays intimate partner violence as a multifaceted phenomenon, demonstrating the interplay of factors at different levels: individual, community, and the larger society. The present study examined the effect of individual- and community-level factors on IPV in Nigeria, with a focus on women's status and community-level norms among men.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study based on the latest Nigerian Demographic Health Survey (2013) was conducted involving 20,802 ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years. Several multilevel logistic regression models were calibrated to assess the association of individual- and community-level factors with IPV. Both measures of association (fixed effect) and measures of variations (random effect) were reported.
RESULTS: Almost one in four women in Nigeria reported having ever experienced intimate partner violence. Having adjusted for other relevant covariates, higher women's status reduced the odds of IPV (OR = 0.47; 95% CI = 0.32-0.71). However, community norms among men that justified IPV against women modified the observed protective effect of higher women's status against IPV and reversed the odds (OR = 1.89; 95% CI = 1.26-2.83).
CONCLUSIONS: Besides women's status, community norms towards IPV are an important factor for the occurrence of IPV. Thus, addressing intimate partner violence against women calls for community-wide approaches aimed at changing norms among men alongside improving women's status.
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BioMed Central, 2018. Vol. 18, artikel-id 136
Nyckelord [en]
Community norms, Intimate partner violence, Multilevel analysis, Nigeria, women’s status
Nationell ämneskategori
Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-150594DOI: 10.1186/s12905-018-0628-7ISI: 000441123800001PubMedID: 30092785Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85054931269OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-150594DiVA, id: diva2:1238427
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