Do human capital investments mediate the intergenerational transmission of domestic violence?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Domestic violence is a major public health issue worldwide with detrimental consequences not only for its victims but also for the next generations. Despite an extensive literature documenting the persistent intergenerational transmission of domestic violence, few studies explore the mechanisms underlying this transmission.

Methods

We use data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey implemented between 1984 and 2009 in the Philippines. These longitudinal data allow us to measure how much the association between witnessing parental violence during childhood and the experience of intimate partner violence in young adulthood is explained by different measures of human capital that occur up to young adulthood, including education and health outco

SUBMITTER: Aguero JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8733314 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature