Patterns of Women's exposure to psychological violence: A global examination of low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Under Sustainable Development Goal 5, prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) is a globally reportable indicator. There is a lack of consensus on how to measure and report psychological IPV, affecting prevalence estimates and cross-country comparability. We examine similarities and differences in the patterning of women's experiences of psychological abuse in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to inform common cut points.

Methods

Data include 13,452 ever-partnered women from six LMICs participating in the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women and 306,101 from 47 LMICs participating in the Demographic and Health Surveys. A confirmatory latent class analysis (LCA) approach was applied to identify the optimal clas

SUBMITTER: Clark CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10506161 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature