title: A preliminary study of intimate partner violence among Nepali women in the United States.
abstract: Although there is a growing number of studies on intimate partner violence (IPV) in U.S. South Asian communities, the examination of IPV among Nepali women in the United States is still in the initial stage. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of and vulnerabilities to IPV among 45 Nepali immigrant women residing in the New York metropolitan area. The findings demonstrated that 75.6% of women had been verbally insulted by their current partners, and 62.2% had to seek permission from their partners to go to their friends' or relatives' houses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Texas Woman's University, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Soni
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thapa-Oli
authors.forename: Hari Bansha
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Dulal
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal / Q000208:ethnology; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult