Intimate partner violence against women in Nigeria: a multilevel study investigating the effect of women's status and community norms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women has been recognised as a public health problem with far-reaching consequences for the physical, reproductive, and mental health of women. The ecological framework portrays intimate partner violence as a multifaceted phenomenon, demonstrating the interplay of factors at different levels: individual, community, and the larger society. The present study examined the effect of individual- and community-level factors on IPV in Nigeria, with a focus on women's status and community-level norms among men.

Methods

A cross-sectional study based on the latest Nigerian Demographic Health Survey (2013) was conducted involving 20,802 ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years. Several multilevel logistic regression models were calibrated

SUBMITTER: Benebo FO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6085661 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature