TY - JOUR
T1 - Reduction in prevalence of spousal physical violence against women in India
T2 - evidence from three national surveys
AU - Joy, Melvin
AU - Mani, Thenmozhi
AU - Jeyaseelan, L.
AU - Babu, Malavika
AU - Marimuthu, S.
AU - Kumar, Shuba
AU - Mohanraj, Rani
AU - Viswanathan, Shankar
AU - Bangdiwala, Shrikant I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Spousal physical violence (PV) against women is considered to be major health issue in developing countries. Lifetime physical violence is a composite outcome consists of hit, kick, beat, slap and threatened with weapon, perpetrated by the husband. The study aims to examine changes in prevalence and specific risk factors for PV from 1998 to 2016 in India. This study analyzed data from a cross sectional epidemiological survey in 1998–1999, NFHS-3 (2005–2006) and NFHS-4 (2015–2016) data. There was a significant decline of about 10% (95% CI: 8.8%–11.1%) in PV. Major risk factors for change in PV were husband’s use of alcohol, illiteracy and socio-economic status of the household. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act may have played a role in reducing the PV. Even though there was a decline in PV, actions have to be implemented from the root level to ensure women empowerment.
AB - Spousal physical violence (PV) against women is considered to be major health issue in developing countries. Lifetime physical violence is a composite outcome consists of hit, kick, beat, slap and threatened with weapon, perpetrated by the husband. The study aims to examine changes in prevalence and specific risk factors for PV from 1998 to 2016 in India. This study analyzed data from a cross sectional epidemiological survey in 1998–1999, NFHS-3 (2005–2006) and NFHS-4 (2015–2016) data. There was a significant decline of about 10% (95% CI: 8.8%–11.1%) in PV. Major risk factors for change in PV were husband’s use of alcohol, illiteracy and socio-economic status of the household. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act may have played a role in reducing the PV. Even though there was a decline in PV, actions have to be implemented from the root level to ensure women empowerment.
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - national family health survey
KW - physical violence
KW - spousal violence
KW - women health
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U2 - 10.1080/17457300.2023.2188468
DO - 10.1080/17457300.2023.2188468
M3 - Article
C2 - 36905635
AN - SCOPUS:85150607475
SN - 1745-7300
VL - 30
SP - 352
EP - 361
JO - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
JF - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
IS - 3
ER -
