| Titre : | Gender-based violence and socioeconomic inequalities : Does living in more deprived neighbourhoods increase women's risk of intimate partner violence ? (2012) |
| Auteurs : | Ligia KISS ; Lilia BLIMA SCHRAIBER ; Nelson GOUVEIA ; Lori HEISE ; Charlotte WATTS ; Cathy ZIMMERMAN ; Department of Global Health and Development. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. London. GBR ; Department of Preventive Medicine. Medical School. University of Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo. BRA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 74, n° 8, 2012) |
| Pagination : | 1172-1179 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Facteur socioéconomique ; Pauvreté ; Milieu social ; Augmentation ; Femme ; Victime ; Homme ; Facteur risque ; Maltraitance ; Violence conjugale |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS Gts9JR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This study investigates the influence of neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions on women's likelihood of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Data from 940 women who were interviewed as part of the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women, and census data for Sao Paulo City, were analyzed using multilevel regression techniques. A neighbourhood socioeconomic-level scale was created, and proxies for the socioeconomic positions of the couple were included. Other individual level variables included factors related to partner's behaviour and women's experiences and attitudes. Women's risk of IPV did not vary across neighbourhoods in Sao Paulo nor was it influenced by her individual socioeconomic characteristics. However, women in the middle range of the socioeconomic scale were significantly more likely to report having experienced violence by a partner. Partner behaviours such as excessive alcohol use, controlling behaviour and multiple sexual partnerships were important predictors of IPV. A women's likelihood of IPV also increased if either her mother had experienced IPV or if she used alcohol excessively. These findings suggest that although the characteristics of people living in deprived neighbourhoods may influence the probability that a woman will experience IPV, higher-order contextual dynamics do not seem to affect this risk. While poverty reduction will improve the lives of individuals in many ways, strategies to reduce IPV should prioritize shifting norms that reinforce certain negative male behaviours. |
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