Factors associated with IPV victimisation of women and perpetration by men in migrant communities of Nepal.

ABSTRACT: This paper aims to describe the prevalent forms of intimate partner violence (IPV), and the factors associated with IPV among women and men living in the two migrant communities of Baglung district, Nepal. 357 adult women and men were enrolled following a family model, interviewing young married women with daughter-in-law status in the home, their husbands, and mothers-in-law and fathers-in-laws using an electronic questionnaire. Random effects regression modelling compared men and women, as well as young married women with daughter-in-law status and older women with mothers-in-law with status. 28.6% of women had ever experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner compared to 18.2% of men ever perpetrated these forms of violence against their wives. Being older, male co

SUBMITTER: Shai N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6667197 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature