title: Intimate partner violence: last year prevalence and association with socio-economic factors among women in Madrid, Spain.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem with significant consequences on women's health. This study estimates the prevalence of intimate partner violence by type among Madrid's female population and assesses the association with socio-economic variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a cross-sectional study in 2004, 2136 women aged 18-70 years, living in the Madrid region with a partner or who had been in contact with an ex-partner in the previous year, were interviewed by telephone. The questionnaire used to measure past-year intimate partner violence, consisted of a Spanish translation of the psychological and sexual violence module of the French National Survey on Violence against Women, and the physical violence module of the Conflict Tactics Scale-1. To assess the association with socio-economic factors, logistic regression models were fitted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  About 10.1% [confidence interval (CI) 8.9-11.5] of the women had suffered some type of IPV in the previous year. 8.6% (CI 7.4-9.8) experienced psychological violence, 2.4% (CI 1.8-3.1) physical violence and 1.1% (CI 0.68-1.6) sexual violence; the prevalence of psychological-only violence (non-physical/non-sexual) was 6.9% (CI 5.8-8.0). Factors associated with psychological-only violence were divorced or separated status and Group III (clerical workers; supervisors of manual workers) or V (unskilled manual workers) occupation. Unemployment and divorced or separated status were associated with physical violence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spanish women in our study, experienced past year partner violence at a similar level as in other industrialized countries. Unemployment and low occupational status are associated with physical and psychological-only violence, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Epidemiología, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Consejería de Sanidad, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain. belen.zorrilla@salud.madrid.org
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zorrilla
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lasheras
authors.forename: Consuelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morant
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Seoane
authors.forename: Luis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Iñaki
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Galán
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durbán
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult