title: Individual, family, and community risk markers for domestic violence in Peru.
abstract: This study draws on an ecological framework in testing relationships between individual, family, and community characteristics and the likelihood of women experiencing domestic violence in Peru. The sample of 15,991 women was taken from the 2000 Peru Demographic and Health Survey. Logistic regression models revealed that at the individual level, low educational attainment, early union formation, and a violent family background increase a woman's likelihood of abuse. Family-level risk markers include cohabitation, large family size, partner alcohol consumption, employment, and a woman's having higher status than her husband. At the community level, living in a noncoastal area and having an urban residence increase the likelihood of abuse.
authors.affiliation: Brigham Young University. dflake@umich.edu
authors.forename: Dallan F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Flake
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001294:Attitude to Health; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004522:Educational Status; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000592:standards; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health; D014933:Women's Rights