Does domestic violence legislation reduce permissive attitudes about intimate partner violence? Longitudinal evidence from men and women from 61 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Abstract

Introduction

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is highly prevalent and has substantial implication for women's health. Changing IPV attitudes is one pathway to reduce IPV. While evidence suggests that interventions targeting individuals may change IPV attitudes, the effect of wider-scale interventions, such as legislation, remains unknown.

Methods

We used individual-level IPV attitudes information collected between 1997 and 2020 by the Demographic and Health Surveys and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, which we linked with national-level domestic violence (DV) legislation information. We evaluated the effect of adoption of DV legislation on changes in IPV attitudes using a difference-in-differences study design that controlled for time-varying country-l

SUBMITTER: Richardson RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11891541 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature