Intimate Partner Violence Against Married Women in Uganda

Type Journal Article - Journal of Family Violence
Title Intimate Partner Violence Against Married Women in Uganda
Author(s)
Volume 29
Issue 8
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2014
Page numbers 869-879
URL http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xiaohe_Xu/publication/269040117_Intimate_Partner_Violence_agains​t_Married_Women_in_Uganda/links/547e8d720cf2d2200ede9b69.pdf
Abstract
This study utilized data from the 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey to examine correlates of the lifetime experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) against married women in Uganda. Guided by an integrated theoretical framework that synthesizes resource and gender theories, five hypotheses are developed and tested concerning three major forms of IPV: (a) physical violence, (b) emotional or psychological violence, and (c) sexual violence. Results from multivariate statistical analyses indicate that although both the resource and gender factors are significant predictors of the lifetime experience of IPV among married Ugandan women, the gender factors appear to be more systematic and robust than the resource factors in predicting IPV in Uganda. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed.

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